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The CDC has routinely published junk science concerning Covid, yes. Is it all junk science? No. But they've proven themselves to be willing to advance "science"
by timr 4y ago
The CDC has routinely published junk science concerning Covid, yes. Is it all junk science? No. But they've proven themselves to be willing to advance "science" that is little more than propaganda.
Here's just one example so egregious that even the Atlantic had to call them out on it:
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/12/mask-guidelines-cdc-walensky/621035/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/12/mask-gui...
There have been a few others this year, alone. Here's one on long covid in kids that was abysmal:
https://vinayprasadmdmph.substack.com/p/another-bad-cdc-study-on-long-covid https://vinayprasadmdmph.substack.com/p/another-bad-cdc-stud...
The study you've cited as also terrible, but the other commenter on this subthread tackles it, so I won't bother.
- throwoutway 4y agoI was recently listening to NPR and even they were calling out the CDC and others for mistakes and the effects on kids. They did balance the criticism with the relevant unknowns at the time, but still