White House claiming victory for "ending the pandemic," which is blatantly untrue.
Also "understanding our planet." What does that even mean?
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Here's my March piece on the OSTP and its challenge finding a role at the White House in the coronavirus pandemic:
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Back then, there was certainly concern, but OSTP was still convening real scientific discussion. Career officials were doing their best.
I can't imagine they approve of this message.
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Note: the report itself doesn't appear to claim to have ended the pandemic. Discusses tactics used to respond in some detail, but no claim of victory I see on first look. Press release, just in email, goes much further.
whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl
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Normally OSTP hangs under the radar and touts scientific collaboration in a very average and fine way. This is...something else.
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I mean he called a hurricane "one of the wettest we've ever seen, from the standpoint of water." So what's left to understand?
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Is this real? This can't be real?
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Where is the actual press release from the OSTP? I don't trust a screenshot or a link to Politico's screenshot of this.
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They only emailed it out to reporters on their press list. I’m sorry if all of our screenshots aren’t good enough but the WH did not decide to put this on a website. Wonder why.
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