Report: Controversial CDC Guidelines Discouraging Covid-19 Testing Were Imposed On Agency By HHS And White House

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On August 24, guidance was published on the CDC website that reversed previous recommendations that people exposed to the coronavirus who were not showing symptoms should be tested, drawing heavy criticism from public health experts.

reported on Thursday that the document did not go through the standard scientific review process and was"dropped" onto the website, with one person saying"that came from the top down, from the [Health and Human Services] and the [White House] task force."

President Trump has repeatedly blamed the high number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the U.S. on testing, despite high positivity rates across the country, and went as far as to say he instructed his staff to"slow testing down please."

 

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I’m just disgusted at this point and anyone that supports this administration is a fuckin moron.

It’s not meddling- POTUS has full Authority over Federal Agencies. Stop the nonsense.

Nobody is surprised.

Everything about this administration is corrupt and against everything it is supposed to actually do.

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