Contact: Edie Heipel, Edie.Heipel@mail.house.gov

This morning, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna sent a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director, Rochelle Walensky, demanding answers as to how the agency misled the American people and forced them to adhere to unclear and contradictory Covid-19 mandates. Rep. Luna was joined by Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Eli Crane (R-AZ). 

Throughout the entire Covid-19 pandemic, Americans were forced to follow confusing and unscientific CDC guidance on masking, testing, social distancing, and vaccination. The wide-scale confusion and distrust sowed into the public by the CDC’s failures has understandably resulted in the fact that many Americans will never take seriously what the CDC has to say again. 

The letter informs Walensky that she has until May 5th, 2023, to release any “so-called data” the CDC used in making arbitrary and punitive Covid-19 mandates, including forcing young children to wear masks at school regardless of the physical and psychological harms it caused them. 

“It’s beyond time that the American people receive answers for the confusing and contradictory guidance the CDC forced them to abide by – guidance that more often than not cost them their jobs, mental and physical health, and way of life,” Rep. Luna stated.

“The CDC must provide a full explanation as to why this happened to ensure it never takes place again.”

The full text of the letter can be found here.