Walensky tells Congress masking guidance 'doesn't really change with time'

A Congressional hearing sent Twitter into a tailspin after Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky admitted that the public health agency's mask guidance for children "doesn't really change with time."

Sitting before the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing, Walensky told lawmakers on Feb. 8 that the CDC will continue to recommend masks in schools in communities where COVID-19 levels are high. 

Claiming that the CDC is the only national or international agency that recommends masking for 2-year-old children, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., asked Walensky to explain the process and timeline by which the CDC uses evidence to update, modify or withdraw current guidance.