The CDC has always been PC. It’s been that way since I was a college kid at Emory in the late 70s. Nothing has changed, and I’m sure it’s gotten worse over the years.
I contacted CDC for the first time on business in 1974. Once David Sencer was fired over the Jerry Ford swine flu shot, the politicians started taking over, and the rapid deterioration, especially in the past ten years, has been very sad.