Trump Admin Reverses Politicized Testing Guidance After Interference Exposed | Talking Points Memo

The Trump administration reversed itself on a key effort to politicize the response to COVID-19, reversing a scientifically unfounded recommendation that asymptomatic people in contact with those infected with the virus not get tested.


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You can’t blame Trump for this snafu. He’s never even met the CDC.

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That should read the CDC, not the Trump Admin.

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The Centers for Disease Control made the change on its website

For reasons that are obviously political!

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Well, fancy that after Big 10 and Pac 12 Football get access to those rapid tests - even those players showing no symptoms- the administration reverses itself. Hypocrisy much?

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“I told them to slow down the testing…”

Followed by, “Pay no attention to the man behind the orange curtain of Nobrainium… the great and terrible Oops has spoken!”

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Ooops.

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But he’ll be happy to condemn it as part of the deep state.

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Just the people I want in charge of anything to do with SCIENCE:

Donald Trump
Stephen Miller
Michael Caputo

HOLY SHIT.

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Speaking of the Deep State:

QAnon is saying that the Deep State is propping up the stock market to help Trump.

Pass it on.

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What a mess. What a godforsaken, criminal, incompetent mess.

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Stop testing Trump and his cohorts every five minutes, and start testing people who really need it

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How anyone can vote for these creatures is utterly beyond me…

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BREAKING NEWS: CDC will stop using your Aunt’s facebook post she forwarded (and needs you to re-post and tag 10 people and have them post it) as the source material for medical guidance.

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Well they are certainly not doing a very good job. The Dow is down 329pts. I guess QAnon is as incompetent as Trump

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At least they’re consistent in their inconsistency.

And that’s how you beat the coronavirus.

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Another example of why the GOP Cock…er…Republicans, REALLY hate the press. It’s not because of liberal bias or that it’s in collusion with the Democrats, it’s because the press has this thing about telling people what the guys in power are actually doing.

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Coffee boy, but only for a very, very short period.

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Excellent. Thanks for the chuckle. :100:

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At this point is there a sound reason to believe anything any government agency tells you?

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