CDC chief discusses the US coronavirus response, the push for wearing masks, and an agency gone quiet
Now that said, there's probably greater numbers of individuals that are without symptoms, and have this virus and can shed this virus than I think was originally appreciated. So we are discussing in detail whether a face covering, a face barrier, whether that would modify the ability of those of us that may be infected and don't know it to actually infect others. It's not a decision to try to protect me from getting coronavirus. It's to help modify spreading.
The CDC hasn't had a briefing in almost one month. That is extraordinary. Don't you fear that your agency has been sidelined in this? In this incredibly polarized time something that should be pretty basic — a virus is looking for throats to infect and it doesn't care which way those throats vote — has become utterly polarized. Having the messaging come from the CDC, which is completely agnostic on a political basis, could strip out some of that politicalization that is just really not helpful.
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