CDC officials say 'lives and money' lost by delayed White House coronavirus response: report

[babylonsister]

Someone's going to be pissed...

CDC officials say 'lives and money' lost by delayed White House coronavirus response: report
By Justine Coleman - 05/20/20 09:43 AM EDT


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials said “lives and money” were lost because of the delayed coronavirus response by the White House, CNN reported Wednesday.

The CDC had proposed a global advisory advising against air travel about a week before an alert was published in mid-March, according to documents obtained by CNN. This delay caused the U.S. to lose vital time to fight the pandemic as 66,000 European travelers entered American airports every day.

CDC officials told CNN that the agency’s plans to combat the coronavirus pandemic were crippled by the White House, which they said prioritized politics over science.

The delay for the global advisory is the latest reported example of the strained relationship between the agency and White House throughout the pandemic. Six mid- and higher-ranking staff members at the CDC expressed their discontent to the news outlet.

"We've been muzzled," a current CDC official told the network. "What's tough is that if we would have acted earlier on what we knew and recommended, we would have saved lives and money."

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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/public-global-health/498697-cdc-officials-say-lives-and-money-lost-by-delayed

[Botany]

1. CDC official, "plans to combat the coronavirus pandemic were crippled by the White House ...

... prioritized politics over science."

Just when I think I couldn't hate that mother fucker anymore."


BTW Trump and company were told of the virus and the real possibility of a global pandemic
in November of 2019*. And that is when Trump and Kush-Turd invested in their own C-19
test kits and hydroxycholorquine. Trump owing China a shit load of money might have very well
contributed to his late and ill prepared response to C-19 too.


* https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/intelligence-report-warned-coronavirus-crisis-early-november-sources/story?id=70031273

Intelligence report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as November: Sources
"Analysts concluded it could be a cataclysmic event," a source said.

[babylonsister]

2. This is a BFD, at least in terms of

his legacy, not that he cares about that, or doesn't appear to.

[Iliyah]

3. Oh shit . . .

you are fired.

[underpants]

9. He can't fire Jared. The lesser half of IvanRed advised him on this

early on. The BlunderKind said it was just bad PR and that it was nothing. At least that’s what I read back in March - I think.

[Takket]

4. If the media has ANY integrity this will be the #1 story everywhere.

But I suspect as usual they will just report on whatever crazy ass thing he says next.

[malaise]

6. THIS

[shockey80]

5. This is why New York City got hit so hard.

It says, 66,000 European travelers arrive everyday at our airports. Probably most of them arrived at New York City airports. Cuomo has already stated the virus that hit New York came from Europe, not China.

[Botany]

8. And shipping 18 tons of PPE to China by Trump, Kushner, and Pompeo in Jan. and Feb. of 2020 ...

.... didn't help either. That got sick and or killed many Drs., nurses, tech, pulmonologits,
and first responders. Some went to work to save the sick in garbage bags and home made
masks.


https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2020/04/02/us-exports-masks-ppe-china-surged-early-phase-coronavirus/5109747002/

[young_at_heart]

7. Wouldn't it be nice to read this on Fox?

Are they ever going to tell the truth?

[underpants]

10. Nnnnnope. I went and looked

Flynn- Rice Comey
WHO Chinese doctor suppression
Virus survivor lost 50 pounds
Blonde rides in Top Gun plane
James Woods tweet - Pelosi
Trump funding Mail in ballot states
High school swimmers want to swim


I did a google search Fox News CDC - nothing on this story

[young_at_heart]

11. Blonde rides in Top Gun plane!!!

This is what passes for NEWS?

[underpants]

12. She's on their sister station

Whatever it’s called Fox Nation. Basically it’s the younger hotter blondes waiting their turn.

[Roland99]

13. A HS mate of mine works there. Told me a week ago EVERYTHING was filtered. CNN confirming...

'We've been muzzled': CDC sources say White House putting politics ahead of science
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/20/politics/coronavirus-travel-alert-cdc-white-house-tensions-invs/index.html

In the early weeks of the US coronavirus outbreak, staff members in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had tracked a growing number of transmissions in Europe and elsewhere, and proposed a global advisory that would alert flyers to the dangers of air travel.

But about a week passed before the alert was issued publicly -- crucial time lost when about 66,000 European travelers were streaming into American airports every day.

The delay, detailed in documents obtained by CNN, is the latest example to emerge of a growing sense of disconnect between the CDC and the White House.

In interviews with CNN, CDC officials say their agency's efforts to mount a coordinated response to the Covid-19 pandemic have been hamstrung by a White House whose decisions are driven by politics rather than science.