> When the Director of the CDC asserts an opinion, she has to optimize for two things - being right, and keeping power Perhaps there is some context that you h

> When the Director of the CDC asserts an opinion, she has to optimize for two things - being right, and keeping power Perhaps there is some context that you have elided, but as it stands, this is terribly cynical and almost certainly not true. Being CDC Director is an entry on a resume, albeit a prestigious one. It can only come after outstanding achievement in medical and/or scientific pursuits. Assuming one does not leave in disgrace, it is followed by even more prestigious, and highly compensated appointments. There is a strong analogy here with the obsession of finding "signaling" everywhere one looks. As if everybody is an automaton, or even a malicious actor, that behaves in a facile, self-serving manner. Occam's Razor should be your north star here.