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Do you know the CDC has been "silent", or have you just not seen anything about this before? Two weeks is pretty rapid to push through a decision like this, even in an emergency.

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Yes the CDC has been silent in the sense that whenever the public was looking for urgent leadership, they found foreign agencies and scientists developing consensus before they did.

Then the CDC wants to chip in, but by then they were no longer ahead of the narrative.

The CDC did Not give people sufficient forewarning of what’s to come, and foreign agencies, scientists, business leaders, and news media took control because they were in fact providing more signal. America is normally a beacon of confidence during crisis.

I mean, they have not held a press conference since March 14. In these times, you'd think they'd have something to say since then. But maybe this is not to be expected, I can only compare to the rough equivalents in England, the one for the EU, and the one in Sweden, all of which communicate much more frequently.

Yeah, I can see reason for the CDC to have daily press conferences now, not be routing it all through the White House. But that starts to lean toward political pressure from the White House silencing them to prevent mixed messages.

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