CDC official who made early warning about coronavirus silenced by Trump, documentary reveals
A new documentary has revealed shocking details of why a Centres for Disease Control and Prevention disappeared from public view at the outbreak of the pandemic in the US.
Nancy Messonnier, the director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC, provided regular briefings at the beginning of the pandemic on the progression of the disease.
Less than two weeks after Dr Messonnier told Americans that the effects of the pandemic were inevitable and that many Americans would undoubtedly face severe illness, the CDC briefings ceased, Business Insider reported.
"It's not so much a question of if this will happen anymore, but rather more a question of exactly when this will happen and how many people in this country will have severe illness,” she said during a briefing on 26 February.
The speech marked a tipping point in the agency’s messaging and sent the stock market plummeting.
A new documentary released on Tuesday: Totally Under Control, produced by Jigsaw Productions and directed by Alex Gibney, reports that the CDC’s briefings were halted and Dr Messonnier was shifted from the public eye following her harsh warning.
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