CDC Director Walensky overrules agency panel recommendation on Pfizer booster for at-risk workers

“…The CDC director’s decision to overrule the agency panel’s recommendation is an unusual step and has surprised many in the field…”

Has any public agency fallen farther or faster in reputation and trust than the CDC? I sure can’t remember one. It took the FBI a decade to descend to its current low.

Is the CDC a scientific institution or a political institution?