“The impression that I was given was that the reaction to the morning briefing was quite volatile and having another briefing — you know, later I think I got the impression that having another briefing might get — you know, there was nothing new to report, but get additional voices out there talking about that situation,” Schuchat told the committee in her testimony.
From that point, the White House took the lead on the federal response and controlling all communications and messaging about the virus, denying CDC requests to hold its own briefings.
“We would submit a request to the others to do a briefing and it was declined, and then — or we didn’t get approval to be able to do one,” Schuchat said, referring to specific requests she received from the media for an interview. Schuchat said the White House also denied several agency telebriefings in the spring of 2020 that would have allowed CDC scientists to explain emerging evidence about how the virus moved and infected different populations.
Well, we dropped our indoor mask mandate at my school as did the City of New Orleans. It’s going to be interesting tomorrow. Curious to see who might still be wearing masks. Interesting to see faces I haven’t fully seen for much of the year. Also expressions. Spoke to a colleague who wondered if some kids felt safer “hiding their emotions” behind masks. Or, maybe, life will just go on without a fuss. Actually, there was no fuss here, even during the height of Covid. Life just went on.
Casper is that January 2, 2023? If the libs win the house and senate and the russian ukarain issue is resoloved, they will be looking for another crisis to wring their hands over. Personnally I like face diapers.
Funny thing. I haven’t had a sniffle for two and one-half years. Usually two or three a year from germ-infested kids. I’m wondering if wearing a mask indoors isn’t just a good idea in general. Not sure. Just throwing it out.