Saturday, August 20, 2022

CDC Director: We Screwed Up COVID Response -

 The Lid (lidblog.com)


"People who do not read newspapers, had their cable shut off for lack of payment, or took a rocket keeping them away from the Earth since 2019 might find this news to be surprising.

"On Wednesday, Center for Disease Control (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky admitted they screwed up their response to COVID-19. As Homer Simpson might respond, “DOH.” Americans have been saying that all along. Take the six-foot separation, for example. There was no scientific basis for it. The CDC pulled that out of their magician’s hat.

"Remember the two-week-long quarantine? The CDC recently shortened that to five days.

Walensky also said the agency needs to acknowledge the flaws of its response to Covid-19. Those mistakes date to the earliest days of the pandemic when a test designed by CDC scientists to detect the new disease failed to work on the ground — leaving the country blind to how quickly the SARS-CoV-2 virus was transmitting at a critical juncture when aggressive measures could have slowed Covid’s spread.

Walensky also said the agency needs to acknowledge the flaws of its response to Covid-19. Those mistakes date to the earliest days of the pandemic, when a test designed by CDC scientists to detect the new disease failed to work on the ground — leaving the country blind to how quickly the SARS-CoV-2 virus was transmitting at a critical juncture when aggressive measures could have slowed Covid’s spread.

"The medical term for that is “Sh*t we really f**ked up.”. . .

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