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CDC boss tests positive for Covid AGAIN: Rochelle Walensky is diagnosed with virus just days after getting statement
- dr. Rochelle Walensky has tested positive for Covid, CDC reports
- She first got the virus on October 21, but has since recovered
- Walensky suffers a ‘Paxlovid rebound’ after the drug initially cured her
- dr. Anthony Fauci and President Joe Biden also suffered similar rebounds
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The head of the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has tested positive for Covid again – after a course of Paxlovid saw her recover from the virus.
dr. Rochelle Walensky initially tested positive on Oct. 21 and tested negative in recent days after taking Pfizer’s antiviral pill.
But the CDC said today her symptoms had returned and she tested positive for the virus again on Sunday, October 30.
Paxlovid has been shown to be effective in preventing serious illness and death in people at the highest risk, including the elderly and those with weakened immune systems.
Some who take the drug have experienced a return of symptoms after completing Paxlovid’s five-day pill regimen.
These include President Joe Biden and Dr Anthony Fauci, both of whom also had their symptoms rebounding after recovering from taking the drug.
dr. Walensky, 53, has received four doses of the COVID-19 vaccines, including a bivalent booster received on Sept. 22.
The agency reports that she has mild symptoms and will attend her scheduled meeting virtually.
Dr Rochelle Walensky (pictured) has tested positive for Covid again after testing negative in recent days, the CDC reports. It’s a case of a ‘Paxlovid rebound’
Walensky has received four injections of a COVID-19 vaccine so far.
Her agency has repeatedly warned Americans to get the bivalent booster in an effort to avert a winter wave of the virus.
However, the uptick has been low so far, with only 22.8 million getting the shot in the two months it’s been available.
Up to 5.3 percent of people taking Paxlovid will experience a rebound of symptoms.
Among them is President Biden, who first tested positive for the virus on July 21 this year.
He would then leave isolation after two consecutive negative tests, but test positive for the virus again on July 30.
dr. Fauci experienced a similar phenomenon when he caught Covid in June.
He said he had beaten the virus after a five-day course of the drug. After testing negative for three days, his symptoms returned.
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, pictured, was filmed getting her COVID booster shot on Sept. 22
Both President Biden and Dr. Fauci fully recovered from the virus in the weeks that followed.
Scientists have not been able to determine why this rebound occurs, but think it may be related to the way the drug works.
Paxlovid fights Covid by preventing its replication. After a course of medication has finished, some infected cells may still remain in a person’s body.
Once the Paxlovid is no longer there to stop replication, the virus can reinfect the body.
Cases of Covid following a Paxlovid rebound are usually mild and do not require significant medical attention.