COVID-19 Updates, On the Record with Ebony McMorris

On The Record #132: Ebony McMorris with CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky

Ebony McMorris
August 20, 2021

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Ebony McMorris interviews Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry on the Delta variant ravaging much of the southern United States.

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NEW Data from @CDCMMWR:
1️⃣ Vaccine-induced protection against the virus that causes #COVID19 decreases over time.
2️⃣ Vaccine effectiveness against severe disease, hospitalization & death remains relatively high.
3️⃣ Vaccine effectiveness decreases against #DeltaVariant. https://t.co/jydo1BA9cj
— Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH (@CDCDirector) August 18, 2021

White House Correspondent Ebony McMorris is a native Washingtonian and University of South Carolina alumna. Her passion is mentoring young adults by teaching community empowerment and media education. She is an NAB member and board member of the Thurgood Marshall Center and was presented the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award for contributing more than 4,000 hours of community service under the Obama Administration.