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The CDC has just had its budget cut by 16%, is still forbidden from using the terms "evidence-based" and "science-based", and has dragged its feet long enough
by justforyou 7y ago
The CDC has just had its budget cut by 16%, is still forbidden from using the terms
"evidence-based" and "science-based", and has dragged its feet long enough that containment is very unlikely at this point.
- HelloMcFly 7y agoTrump proposed cutting the CDC's budget by 16%, but given that Congress sets the budgets this is not meaningful at this time. I'm curious what you mean by the CDC having "dragged its feet". I know a dozen people at the CDC, they've all - ALL - been aggressively sidelining their previous projects to focus on COVID-19 for some time. They certainly don't feel internally the way you do.
- justforyou 7y agoI'm curious as to what exactly "some time" means for the 12 people that you know. Is it greater than 4 weeks?
- catalogia 7y ago12 people may not be a lot, but his anecdote of 12 people seems stronger than what you've offered up so far. What actual evidence is there that the CDC has dragged their feet on this?
- justforyou 7y agoJanuary 24th is quite late to the game relative to what we've known publicly for quite some time. https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/archives.html https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/archives.html https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2019/archives.html https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2019/archives.html Testing delays and scheduling issues for testing before the CDC distributed kits were also critical missteps.
- HelloMcFly 7y agoI have texted the seven people of those 12 who I'm on "texting terms" with. Three of them began shifting some of their time in mid-November, two in mid-December, one in January, one no response. Four of the seven have traveled to US ports beginning in January to begin testing and monitoring efforts.
- justforyou 7y agoThe CDC has finally issued a level 1 travel advisory for Hong Kong as of February 21st. That's what I call "dragging feet."
- justforyou 7y agoAnothet example of CDC dragging its feet during the same time period. https://www.reddit.com/r/nyc/comments/fayko1/my_covid19_story_brooklyn/ https://www.reddit.com/r/nyc/comments/fayko1/my_covid19_stor...
- Fomite 7y agoThis is my experience as well. I'm on three different conference calls per week with CDC folks, and I'm only peripherally involved.