CDC director Rochelle Walensky spoke to numerous union leaders one day before tightening school masking guidance, her internal calendar reveals.
TEACHERS UNIONS INFLUENCED LAST-MINUTE CDC SCHOOL GUIDANCE, RECEIVED COPIES BEFORE PUBLIC RELEASE, EMAILS SHOW
In addition to speaking with Pringle, Walensky also held phone meetings with multiple other union heads that day, her calendar reveals. "As part of long-standing best practices, CDC has traditionally engaged with organizations and groups that are impacted by guidance and recommendations issued by the agency," Jason McDonald, Walensky's press secretary, told Fox News Digital.
Past reports have shed light on the Biden administration's coziness with unions - who spent big for his 2020 campaign - regarding Covid-19 guidance. on emails obtained by Americans for Public Trust showing that the NEA and the American Federations of Teachers, the nation's second-largest teachers union, influenced last-minute changes to the school guidance and received a copy before its public release.