Trump Aides Said to Try Meddling With CDC's Covid-19 Reports
(Bloomberg) -- U.S. health department spokesman Michael Caputo and other aides asked for the right to read and suggest changes to weekly Covid-19 reports from the Centers for Disease Control, Politico reported.
Communications aides from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services complained to CDC Director Robert Redfield that the agency’s reports would undermine President Donald Trump’s upbeat messaging about the pandemic, according to the report, which cited emails and people familiar with the matter who weren’t identified.
CDC employees pushed back against changes to the Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report, meant to inform the medical community and general public about the status of the Covid-19 outbreak, but have increasingly agreed to allow political appointees review the reports, and have agreed to amend language in some cases, Politico said.
Officials with the CDC didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment by Bloomberg News.
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