Frankly, I find these things scarier than COVID-19 itself.

[LAS14]

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1 - Dr. Anthony Fauci withdraws from five Sunday news shows. He cannot speak publicly without the OK from Pence's office.

2 - The CDC canceled a 12 noon conference call with top health professionals across the country.

3 - The CDC web site removed stats on number of tests conducted between last night and this morning.

I got some of this info from The NewsHour and some here on DU.

This sort of manipulation of the agencies we have formerly trusted shows a breakdown in our form of government that could extend long past the virus outbreak.

[CaptYossarian]

1. Instead of "The Buck Stops Here", the Oval Office motto

is "Ignorance is Bliss".

Does that mean that survival is on a need to know basis? Vlad will be very pleased.

[smirkymonkey]

2. K&R

[abqtommy]

3. snark on: Why, it's almost like there's a conspiracy or something... snark off

[King4ADay]

4. One hopes that because of the seriousness and scope of the illness that

local governments, Doctors, hospitals and maybe most importantly, journalists will continue to provide us with accurate information.

It feels to me that most everyone knows and just accepts that nothing coming from the White House reflects reality in any way.

[marlakay]

5. The blue states won't keep quiet

And NYT, WA Post, CNN, MSNBC and others will push for truth.

I mean even Howard Sterns show had specialists calling in after he was freaking out, he has a germ phobia. My hubby listens to him. I felt bad for his wife, its taken her 20 yrs to talk him into a trip to Italy in May and he canceled it, don’t blame him but bad timing for her.