As I recall, the CDC hedged their bets by taking both sides of every issue, at some point. Micromanagement? I'll never know. But I have worked in a Federal bureaucracy where they believe they have the only answer.
-----Original Message----- From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2020 12:02 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Covids vax CDC was in a no-win situation. If they warned everyone about the pandemic and urged physical distancing/masking it would be politically unpopular. If more cautious they would be criticized as the death toll mounted. On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 11:35 PM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > That is a reasonable question. I tend to think that had they been > allowed to do what they wanted to do, based upon their expertise in > this area, rather than being micromanaged at every turn by people with > no formal training in medicine, public health, or any other form of > scientific endeavor, that things would have been very different in > terms of the course of this epidemic and its magnitude. We have lots > of examples of countries that had a strong centralized government > response, and did far better than we have in terms of deaths per 100k. > > On Sat, Dec 19, 2020, 8:16 PM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Maybe the normal operations of the CDC needed interference? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes > > Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2020 11:03 PM > > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > Cc: Karl Wittnebel <atypical...@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Covids vax > > > > Sorry guys, but the topic of discussion is whether the Trump White > > House interfered in the normal operations of the CDC during the > > epidemic. The answer is unequivocally yes. > > > > If you want to find someone to defend the journalistic integrity of > > the > New > > York Times, pleas start your own thread. > > > > On Sat, Dec 19, 2020, 3:54 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > >It is not ad hominem to point to a track record of >dishonesty > > > >and > bias. > > > While it is not proof of a lie, it >is evidence that the NYT > > > should not be trusted. > > > > > > > > > https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2020/12/18/new-yo > > > rk-t > > > imes-forced-to-retract-hit-isis-podcast-series-because-it-was-a-ho > > > ax-n > > > 1218390 > > > > > > > > > Rick > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
