Trump Admin Buries CDC Reopening Guide: It 'Will Never See the Light of Day'
New coronavirus guidelines from the nation’s top scientists, meant to help the numerous states and cities who are in the process of reopening, have been put on ice by the Trump administration.
According to a report by the AP on Thursday, a new guide “created by the nation’s top disease investigators” from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention titled “Guidance for Implementing the Opening Up America Again Framework” was set for publication last Friday. But, according to a CDC official, the Trump administration told the agency its advice “would never see the light of day.”
The CDC’s 17-page report included step-by-step advice guidance for “faith leaders, business owners, educators and state and local officials” who are beginning to reopen across the country. One official told the AP that the now-scrapped guide was to be used as a “blueprint” for the CDC to then create “detailed advice” and included flowcharts and “different scenarios” for helping with “reopening schools, restaurants, summer camps, churches, daycare centers and other institutions.”
But for some time now, the Trump administration has been quieting an agency that, in the past, had been out front giving both the public and localities necessary health and science information. But now, in the midst of one of the worst pandemics our country has seen in more than a century, “the CDC has not had a regular, pandemic-related news briefing in nearly two months,” according to the AP. So, instead of leaning on federal health officials and their scientific expertise, the country is dangerously left with a president whose main goal appears to be controlling the message.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-buries-cdc-reopening-guide-will-never-see-the-light-of-day-995335/
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