It’s time to fix the CDC, which has been a disaster all pandemic long

As the pandemic ends, Washington needs to look at the disastrous record of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and figure out how to fix the bungling bureaucracy.

On May 13 at 2:17 p.m., CDC chief Rochelle Walensky told the nation, “Anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities, large or small, without wearing a mask or physical distancing.” Within minutes, visits to vaccines.gov, which shows nearby vax sites based on your ZIP code, began rising, at a time of day they normally start to subside, CNN found. They peaked a couple hours later, right after President Joe Biden cited the new guidance, eventually making the day the site’s busiest ever. Interest kept up for a week, with hundreds of thousands more visitors than the week before.