first Caputo now his ally who interfered with the CDC reports has quit

[IcyPeas]

Dr. Paul Alexander, Caputo’s ally at HHS who attempted for interfere with the weekly reports produced by CDC, is leaving the department entirely.

Link to tweet

This is the doctor who wanted to muzzle Fauci

Emails obtained by POLITICO show Paul Alexander — a senior adviser to Michael Caputo, HHS’s assistant secretary for public affairs — instructing press officers and others at the National Institutes of Health about what Fauci should say during media interviews...

Alexander’s lengthy messages, some sent as recently as this week, are couched as scientific arguments. But they often contradict mainstream science while promoting political positions taken by the Trump administration on hot-button issues ranging from the use of convalescent plasma to school reopening.

The emails add to evidence that the White House, and Trump appointees within HHS, are pushing health agencies to promote a political message instead of a scientific one.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/09/emails-show-hhs-muzzle-fauci-410861

[dchill]

1. They did not quit. 60-day leave of absence WITH PAY.

Republican punishment for collusion and defamation.

[barbtries]

2. does this mean

that the CDC took this round?

I used to read the MMW regularly. i used to trust the CDC because i knew it was run by scientists, epidemiologists, and public health experts. it's insidious what trump has done to the country. he's grover norquist's wet dream come true.

[IcyPeas]

3. Hahaha. Rachel M is talking about this now