AP Exclusive: Top White House officials buried CDC report
Source: Associated Press
AP Exclusive: Top White House officials buried CDC report
By JASON DEAREN
37 minutes ago
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The decision to shelve detailed advice from the nation’s top disease control experts for reopening communities during the coronavirus pandemic came from the highest levels of the White House, according to internal government emails obtained by The Associated Press.
The files also show that after the AP reported Thursday that the guidance document had been buried, the Trump administration ordered key parts of it to be fast-tracked for approval.
The trove of emails show the nation’s top public health experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spending weeks working on guidance to help the country deal with a public health emergency, only to see their work quashed by political appointees with little explanation.
The document, titled “Guidance for Implementing the Opening Up America Again Framework,” was researched and written to help faith leaders, business owners, educators and state and local officials as they begin to reopen. It included detailed “decision trees,” or flow charts aimed at helping local leaders navigate the difficult decision of whether to reopen or remain closed.
White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany said Friday that the documents had not been approved by CDC Director Robert Redfield. The new emails, however, show that Redfield cleared the guidance.
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But his emails!
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Hat tip, Joe.My.God.
Emails Show Top WH Officials Buried CDC Guidelines
https://www.joemygod.com/2020/05/emails-show-top-wh-officials-buried-cdc-guidelines/
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Did they actually think this whole thing would just go away with happy thoughts and good wishes? When the morgues filled up and they were forced to use refrigerated trucks....the full impact would get out. When ICU's filled up....the full impact would get out. When old folks started keeling over in their retirement centers.....the full impact would get out. Dear freaking god, the stupid is incredible in it's sheer scope and size! This will go down as not only the most evil American administration of all time, but its complete and breathtaking incompetence will be marveled at for generations. 
