💬 Quoted…​​ “In our big moment, our performance did not reliably meet expectations.”

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky announced a broad plan yesterday to overhaul the organization's structure and operations, due to what she said was its failure to respond efficiently to the Covid pandemic.

• The new steps include restructuring the CDC's communications office and revamping its websites to make public health guidance clearer and easier to find, as well as altering its promotion system to place less emphasis on scientific papers and more on efforts to positively impact public health, per the AP.

⚖️💰 Numbers of the Day: Two former Pennsylvania judges who sent children to for-profit jails in return for $2.8 million in kickbacks were ordered to pay $206 million in damages by a US district judge yesterday. The "kids-for-cash" scandal, as it's known, is considered one of the worst judicial scandals in history, and has resulted in ~4,000 juvenile convictions being thrown out.

🤯 Did You Know?... Maggot therapy is an FDA-approved treatment for ulcers and wounds to promote healing. We’ll spare you the gross details, but you can learn more here.

📖 Worth a Read: The Crypto Geniuses Who Vaporized a Trillion Dollars → (NY Magazine)

📊 Poll results: Yesterday, we asked what y’all thought was the reason why America’s political landscape has become so polarized in recent decades.

• 19% of y’all said social media, 6% said money in politics, 9% said cable news, 5% said lack of community in everyday life, 57% said all of the above, and 4% selected “other.”

See the full 360° view here.