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Thread about reported political interference with CDC guidelines.
1. The August 24 change in testing recommendations https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1298654628679221249
1. The August 24 change in testing recommendations https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1298654628679221249
2. July 23-24: CDC updates school reopening guidance, after the President and administration officials criticize their recommendations and announce that the previous guidance will be revised https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1286737954690539523
3. May 28: CDC removes guidelines about increased risk from singing (and after this, as was already evident at the time, there were outbreaks after choir activities) https://twitter.com/bylenasun/status/1266164290823782400
4. May 1: detailed CDC document about safe reopening was shelved https://twitter.com/carlquintanilla/status/1258348053091758080
5. August 23: FDA authorization for convalescent plasma is perhaps the most overt example of administration pressure forcing changes in an official scientific stance https://twitter.com/jonathanvswan/status/1297644730143080450
6. Direct evidence of political interference with CDC documents, including the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, MMWR. “Nothing to go out unless I read and agree with the findings… and I tweak it to ensure it is fair and balanced and ‘complete.’” https://twitter.com/ddiamond/status/1304607408317136896
