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CDC Headquarters Atlanta, Georgia
Why hasn't the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lost all credibility? Any individual or institution that had been so often wrong would have lost public trust long ago. For instance, since people of every political persuasion have determined that media sources lack credibility, polls indicate that journalists are not regarded as particularly trustworthy.
A third of the country is showing signs of
clinical anxiety or depression due to the severity of lockdown measures imposed by governors. More than 40 million workers are now unemployed. It is estimated that
half of cancer patients and 80% of brain surgery patients have seen delays in crucial appointments. Schools remain closed, impeding education opportunities and hindering the return to work of parents.
Nobel laureate Michael Levitt
noted that the lockdowns have caused damage:
"Social damage — domestic abuse, divorces, alcoholism — has been extreme. ... And then, you have those who were not treated for other conditions. The real virus was the panic virus. For reasons that were not clear to me, I think the leaders panicked and the people panicked."
While the federal government did not mandate policies to combat the coronavirus outbreak,
the CDC, together with career bureaucrats Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx, influenced the direction of the policies of state and local jurisdictions. The results:
draconian guidelines and hysterical warnings based on horrifically bad models and science.
Comment: Relentlessly, media's false claims continued: And Trump's take on the incident went unheeded: More than enough evidence and justification that MSM just copies each other to reinforce any message they choose, facts not necessary.
See also: CNN reporter lambasted online after finger-wagging at Trump and officials for no masks at church