CDC rammed through appalling new covid test guidelines while Fauci was in surgery!

[Tanuki]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/26/politics/fauci-coronavirus-cdc-testing/index.html

&quot CNN)White House Coronavirus Task Force member Dr. Anthony Fauci said he was undergoing surgery and not in the August 20 task force meeting for the discussion on updated US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines that suggest asymptomatic people may not need to be tested for Covid-19, even if they've been in close contact with an infected person.

"I was under general anesthesia in the operating room and was not part of any discussion or deliberation regarding the new testing recommendations" at that meeting, Fauci told CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

"I am concerned about the interpretation of these recommendations and worried it will give people the incorrect assumption that asymptomatic spread is not of great concern. In fact it is," said Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Fauci's comments undercut claims by Adm. Brett Giroir, the administration's coronavirus testing point person, who told reporters on Wednesday that the new guidelines had the White House Coronavirus Task Force's stamp of approval. Asked whether Fauci signed off on the guidelines, Giroir said, "Yes, all the docs signed off on this before it even got to the task force level."...(more)

[PSPS]

1. Brett Giroir is just another lying toady that "kissed the ring" to get his job.

[Initech]

2. The people in charge right now are fucking ghouls.

This should not stand.

[uponit7771]

3. America is in the movie Aliens and Trump is Burke the stupid version

[Maru Kitteh]

4. As death and hospitalizations accelerate, this will not stand.

this is all just so f'cking tragic

[Hekate]

5. Fauci is a national treasure. I wonder if he will resign over this, or stay & try to mitigate damage

Gods, what a nightmare.

[hlthe2b]

6. No. The Pence-led CDC taskforce "rammed these through by ordering CDC to do so"

THAT is the truth. CDC has been decimated by Trump take-over. It will take tremendous effort to restore CDC to what it once was, but I can assure you that the professional staff are devastated by this.