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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAP Exclusive: US shelves detailed guide to reopening country
https://apnews.com/7a00d5fba3249e573d2ead4bd323a4d4The 17-page report by a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention team, titled Guidance for Implementing the Opening Up America Again Framework, was researched and written to help faith leaders, business owners, educators and state and local officials as they begin to reopen.
It was supposed to be published last Friday, but agency scientists were told the guidance would never see the light of day, according to a CDC official. The official was not authorized to talk to reporters and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.
The AP obtained a copy from a second federal official who was not authorized to release it. The guidance was described in AP stories last week, prior to the White House decision to shelve it.
The Trump administration has been closely controlling the release of guidance and information during the pandemic spurred by a new coronavirus that scientists are still trying to understand, with the president himself leading freewheeling daily briefings until last week.
Traditionally, its been the CDCs role to give the public and local officials guidance and science-based information during public health crises. During this one, however, the CDC has not had a regular, pandemic-related news briefing in nearly two months. CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield has been a member of the White House coronavirus task force, but largely absent from public appearances.
The dearth of real-time, public information from the nations experts has struck many current and former government health officials as dangerous.
raging moderate
(4,292 posts)Maybe it will accidentally be left in some public place where it could accidentally be found by somebody with a good computer set up?
CousinIT
(9,223 posts)It's just Trump being a murderous prick again.
Progressive dog
(6,899 posts)in the AP story.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)Alex4Martinez
(2,192 posts)Very helpful and appreciated.
Alex4Martinez
(2,192 posts)Many of the links in sections of that document are still out there in their March versions.
The CDC still has material available, even if this document was not published.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/guidance-for-schools.html
School admins I work with refer to this page of resources for school admins:
https://connect.aasa.org/communities/community-home?CommunityKey=77b6b3e9-aa56-43d2-bbe3-df27ff284713
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Plans, stability, and consistency tend to focus people and make them less susceptible to manipulation by a murderous and cynical administration. If people have clear direction from experts, charlatans have a tougher job in fooling them into the self-destructive behaviors that the charlatans are so eager to cash in on.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)So I'd say that "Some planning for positive outcomes is anathema to the Trump mal-administration." This is more my attempt to understand this reality than it is criticism of you... good post...