During the eight year Obama reign , almost all Federal agencies including the CDC were politicized. Woke politics and globalist concerns take precedent over real science. The policies and pronouncements of the CDC during the Ebola crisis were bizarre. For instance a key question in the susceptibility, virulence and lethality of a pathogen in any population group has much to do with the inherent genetic susceptibility of a definable population group. Yet to say that Asiatics may be more susceptible genetically to SARS and certain strains of coronavirus is very politically incorrect. It is verboten to point out that there are definable genetic differences in definable groups. If a scientist ignores these delusional, restraints and tells the truth, he risks losing funding and his job. Lysenko lives.
Even if there are ethnic differences in the etiology of this disease, we still have a LOT of people, citizens, who are of Asian descent. I’d rather take action that avoids putting 25% of those over 45 or 50yrs in the ICU for a month.