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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Under Investigation For Killing Americans By Muzzling COVID Scientists
Good.https://www.politicususa.com/2021/02/08/trump-muzzled-covid-scientists.html
Posted on Mon, Feb 8th, 2021 by Jason Easley
Trump Under Investigation For Killing Americans By Muzzling COVID Scientists
The House COVID Oversight Committee is investigating Trump and his administration for a campaign of muzzling scientists on COVID.
In a letter to White House Chief Of Staff Ron Klain, Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) wrote:
On September 2020, the Select Subcommittee launched an investigation into efforts by political appointees at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to interfere in the scientific reports and guidance issued by CDC during the pandemic. The Select Subcommittee found that HHS officials sought to suppress accurate scientific information they felt could be use[d] against the president and found evidence that Trump Administration appointees attempted to alter or block at least 13 CDC reports related to the virus.4Recently obtained documents indicate that White House officials also played a role in these efforts to suppress science during the pandemic. For example, HHS Senior Advisor Paul Alexanderwho repeatedly pressed career CDC officials to change or eliminate scientific documents about the viruscommunicated directly with White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Deborah Birx and Special Advisor to the President Scott Atlas about his proposed revisions to CDC reports and Task Force guidance.
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The Select Subcommittees investigations and public reporting have identified numerous other instances of political interference by the Trump White House, including blocking CDC guidance on safe reopening.9However, the full extent of the White Houses role in these efforts remains unknown because the Trump Administration refused to cooperate with the Select Subcommittees inquiries.
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The Select Subcommittees investigations and public reporting have identified numerous other instances of political interference by the Trump White House, including blocking CDC guidance on safe reopening.9However, the full extent of the White Houses role in these efforts remains unknown because the Trump Administration refused to cooperate with the Select Subcommittees inquiries.
The investigation is vital because it is the first step toward holding those in the Trump administration accountable for the unnecessary deaths caused by their suppression of science during the pandemic.
It is also important that the facts are known so that Congress can take legislative steps to make sure that science is protected and no administration can ever abuse its power like this in the future.
Trump muzzled scientists and Americans died, and the families of those people deserve to know why they lost their loved ones.
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Trump Under Investigation For Killing Americans By Muzzling COVID Scientists (Original Post)
babylonsister
Feb 2021
OP
Excellent, but it went far beyond suppression; Trump and appointees spread false information.
Hermit-The-Prog
Feb 2021
#6
Blue Owl
(50,349 posts)1. Donald tRump should be charged with negligent homicide
LOCK. HIM. UP.
tanyev
(42,550 posts)2. Kick.
crickets
(25,962 posts)3. Oh, thank goodness. K&R!
StarryNite
(9,443 posts)4. This is sooo important.
tRump lied and people died.
bdamomma
(63,836 posts)5. Bob Woodward's
call with tRump should be introduced when tRump said how bad COVID is.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,328 posts)6. Excellent, but it went far beyond suppression; Trump and appointees spread false information.
Trump and RW media gave information to the public that was counter to science and minimized the danger of the virus. They knew or should have known this would lead to the horrific death toll we now face.