1/ Career staff at CDC remain proud of the expertise, talent and professionalism that the agency can bring to bear in a crisis. But they see the agency’s situation clearly.
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2/The CDC has endured false accusations and interference by Trump administration political appointees, leading to loss of institutional credibility at a time when the nation desperately needs to know whom to trust.
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3/ CDC Director Robert Redfield has been publicly criticized by President Trump + his now-favored pandemic adviser, Scott Atlas, who has said pandemic fears are overblown.
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4/ A CDC epidemiologist on the political interference in the agency: "I never would have expected the level of political interference we're seeing now. It's so sad."
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5/ Within CDC, some say problems could be reversed with a different director. Some experts like
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That agency needs to be abolished in its entirety.
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Rank & file civil servants in every agency are just trying to survive during the Trump sh*tshow. Direct your anger at the unqualified political hacks put in charge of them. Like
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Not by internal blunders, BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMP
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It’s true. As a citizen I’m puzzled by the CDC and I have lost ALL confidence in them as an agency ever since trump and his administration has made them puppets.
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I honestly think that if my employer were turned into a political tool, a tool that necessitated invalidating my work and truth itself, I would resign, and I don’t understand why everyone hasn’t very publicly walked out already.
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