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There were not zero policies enacted by the CDC.
by standardUser 5y ago
There were not zero policies enacted by the CDC.
- niij 5y agoI don't understand this response. Could you elaborate?
- standardUser 5y agoWhat I mean is that one example doesn't contradict the fact that the CDC had limited direct power during the pandemic, and that various other federal agencies and, even more so, state and local governments were the ones implementing and enforcing most of the restrictions we experienced during the pandemic. I may have exaggerated how minimal the role of the CDC was in my initial comment, but only because I keep seeing this narrative that the CDC was somehow controlling the country. That is spectacularly far from the reality.
- niij 5y agoYes, I agree with you. State and local governments had a much larger impact. My point was the CDC was also forcing people to do things against their will in addition to state and local governments, it just affected fewer people. That force negatively affected many people (mostly landlords and non-US National travelers). The flip-flop guidance throughout the pandemic was annoying, but completely ignorable.
- woodruffw 5y agoAnd on top of this: there were ample opportunities for every single state to exercise judicial review of the CDC’s order. The CDC was a politically efficient vessel for an overwhelmingly popular policy that probably kept millions of people from homelessness.