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Trump 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

Trump 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 ago
I'm curious as to what exactly "some time" means for the 12 people that you know. Is it greater than 4 weeks?
- catalogia 7y ago
  12 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 ago
    January 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 ago
  I 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 ago
    The 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 ago
    Anothet 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 ago
This is my experience as well. I'm on three different conference calls per week with CDC folks, and I'm only peripherally involved.

justforyou 7y ago

I'm curious as to what exactly "some time" means for the 12 people that you know. Is it greater than 4 weeks?

catalogia 7y ago
12 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 ago
  January 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 ago
I 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 ago
  The 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 ago
  Anothet 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 ago

This is my experience as well. I'm on three different conference calls per week with CDC folks, and I'm only peripherally involved.