Trump admin meddling at CDC

New evidence of political interference in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s early pandemic response raised fresh questions in Congress on Friday on how to prevent future meddling and strengthen public trust in the health agency.

  Politico

I have a suggestion: Keep Republicans out of government. They don't believe in it anyway.

Emails detailing how Trump administration officials intervened to take out “offensive” language that raised “religious liberty concerns” from CDC guidance to faith communities in May 2020 were released by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis ahead of a Friday hearing on the scientific integrity of public health agencies.

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Friday’s hearing follows the release of an April 29 report from the Government Accountability Office that found employees at four public health agencies did not report their concerns about the political interference they saw in their workplace. They said they didn’t because they “feared retaliation,” were “unsure how to report the issues” or “believed agency leaders were already aware.”

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Just 44 percent of Americans say they trust what the CDC says about the coronavirus, according to a January NBC poll. That dwindling number could jeopardize the government’s ability to effectively communicate with Americans about current and future risks to their health.

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The GAO found all four of agencies — CDC, Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response — did not have procedures on how political inference in their work should be reported and handled.

And having a Trump judge overrule the CDC doesn't exactly help. 

 ...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.