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Published 3 years ago

Trump officials celebrated efforts to change CDC reports on coronavirus, emails show

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Trump appointees in the Health and Human Services department last year privately touted their efforts to block or alter scientists’ reports on the coronavirus to more closely align with then-President Donald Trump’s more optimistic messages about the outbreak, according to newly released documents from congressional investigators.

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Trump appointee 'bragged' about influencing CDC reports on Covid-19, House committee says

A former Trump administration appointee privately boasted last year about influencing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's scientific reports about Covid-19 and attacked the agency's guidance while advocating for a herd immunity strategy, according to a House select committee investigating the federal government's Covid-19 response.

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States
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Emails reveal how Trump officials celebrated getting CDC to change official Covid language

Recently unearthed emails show members of the Trump administration taking victory laps after they successfully managed to convince the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to downplay the severity of the coronavirus.

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom
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Trump appointee 'bragged' about influencing CDC reports on Covid-19, House committee says

A former Trump administration appointee privately boasted last year about influencing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's scientific reports about Covid-19 and attacked the agency's guidance while advocating for a herd immunity strategy, according to a House select committee investigating the federal government's Covid-19 response.

3 years ago·Atlanta, United States
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Trump officials celebrated efforts to change CDC reports on coronavirus, emails show

Political appointees also tried to blunt scientific findings they deemed unfavorable to Trump, according to new documents from House probe

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Trump appointee 'bragged' about influencing CDC reports on Covid-19, House committee says

A former Trump administration appointee privately boasted last year about influencing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s scientific reports about Covid-19 and attacked the agency’s guidance while advocating for a herd immunity strategy, according to a House select committee investigating the federal government’s Covid-19 response.Last year, former Health and Human Services senior adviser Paul Alexander wrote an email describing two exa…

3 years ago·Colorado Springs, United States
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Trump appointee 'bragged' about influencing CDC reports on Covid-19, House committee says - Local News 8

A former Trump administration appointee privately boasted last year about influencing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s scientific reports about Covid-19 and attacked the agency’s guidance while advocating for a herd immunity strategy, according to a House select committee investigating the federal government’s Covid-19 response.Last year, former Health and Human Services senior adviser Paul Alexander wrote an email describing two exa…

3 years ago·Idaho Falls, United States
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