CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky tells CNN it's 'pedal to the metal time' to study gun violence as a public health threat

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky has blown all of her credibility with her terrible messaging about the coronavirus. Now she’s showing she can concentrate on two things at once by adding gun violence to the CDC’s plate, calling it a public health threat. “Something has to be done about this,” she told CNN. “Now is the time — it’s pedal to the metal time.”

Gun violence in America is an epidemic that has been going on for decades.

The CDC decision to study gun violence is long overdue & in the past I have introduced legislation that provides funding for this research.

This issue needs come out of the dark.https://t.co/tSXVaRVf5D

— Rep. Nydia Velazquez (@NydiaVelazquez) September 29, 2021

For DECADES, the gun lobby has prevented the CDC from studying gun violence.

Now, under @POTUS, we can finally address gun violence for what it is: a public health crisis.https://t.co/wWyVNQDJje

— Former Congresswoman Marie Newman (@RepMarieNewman) September 29, 2021

“Study” gun violence.

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1443296683224408069

Maybe we’re wrong, but we thought CDC stood for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but as we’ve seen, the CDC has gotten into the property rental business as well, telling landlords what they can and can’t do with their own property. And now it’s setting its sights on guns.

https://twitter.com/SeaWolf04292187/status/1443337127824080896

https://twitter.com/Harrison69427/status/1443306872942047232

https://twitter.com/j_dawg1988/status/1443315943120281606

What other political issues are they going to label a "public health threat" so they can provide an opinion?https://t.co/GH98Gpf61o

— YouTriggered? (@AngryIrishman37) September 29, 2021

“My job is to understand and evaluate the problem, to understand the scope of the problem, to understand why this happens and what are the things that can make it better — to research that, to scale that up, to evaluate it and to make sure that we can integrate it into communities,” Walensky told CNN, making it clear she has no idea what her job really is.

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BAM! @DLoesch SHUTS DOWN Dianne Feinstein's claim about the GOP blocking CDC studies on gun violence #2A #guncontrolnow https://t.co/C0ih2woPC8

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 20, 2018