Top Trump administration officials ignored warnings and embraced a 'herd immunity via mass infection' approach to containing COVID to justify not taking meaningful action to curb the virus heading into 2021, according to a House oversight report.
Former White House coronavirus adviser Scott Atlas speaks at a Sept. 2020 press conference as former President Trump looks on. Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Atlas pressed the administration to weaken CDC's testing guidance without any countervailing measures, and discouraged the widespread use of masks, the report stated.
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