'We've been muzzled': CDC sources say White House putting politics ahead of science
Source: CNN
(CNN)In the early weeks of the US coronavirus outbreak, staff members in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had tracked a growing number of transmissions in Europe and elsewhere, and proposed a global advisory that would alert flyers to the dangers of air travel.
But about a week passed before the alert was issued publicly -- crucial time lost when about 66,000 European travelers were streaming into American airports every day.
The delay, detailed in documents obtained by CNN, is the latest example to emerge of a growing sense of disconnect between the CDC and the White House.
In interviews with CNN, CDC officials say their agency's efforts to mount a coordinated response to the Covid-19 pandemic have been hamstrung by a White House whose decisions are driven by politics rather than science.
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that Trump is politicizing everything about this virus, and his complete lack of any plan to halt the outbreak. If Trump thinks this is the best thing for his re-election campaign to run on, he's totally fucked. Any family who's been touched by this virus, and the number increases every minute of the day, is not going to appreciate their loved one's death being politicized by the large orange carbuncle in the White House. 
