Like I said, their actions don’t quite match their words. I guess I was being generous with that statement. Is the failure to execute their stated policy because of incompetence, or is their true agenda different from their public one? That, I don’t know, and prefer not to speculate. I hope state and local public health officials and policies are better than the CDC’s so far, but I know some cities and states will see some incredible incompetence.
” or is their true agenda different from their public one?”
The principal objective of the US CDC, as all like it, is to manage panic while putting out bland, factual information and telling people: Don’t Worry, We Have This
cdc’s staggering sluggish response and the testing issue are going to be microscopically dissected and certainly politicized once this first wave passes.
my main theory on testing is this is their fema/katrina moment, when they are shown to be a bureaucracy actually unable to effectively do their job when it actually needs to be done.
some of the response choices are going to go straight to the administration, though. what advice and projections was he given?