The sloppy response to the ongoing monkeypox outbreak demonstrates that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requires “proper reform” that would transform it into a “crisis organization,” according to some. With appropriate funding that would straighten out the CDC’s “authority” and “national-security mindset,” the agency could adequately respond to the infectious disease outbreaks that could become more deadly, warned former U.S. Food and Drug (FDA) commissioner and current Pfizer board member Dr. Scott Gottlieb.
In an opinion piece published in The New York Times on Saturday, Gottlieb took no prisoners when speaking about the CDC’s response to the monkeypox outbreak. He wrote,