“There’s a Christmas feeling in the air, leaves are changing, and our nation is ravaged by a preventable disease due to our president’s criminal negligence. Over 200,000 Americans have now died from the coronavirus, a toll higher than the battlefield deaths of its last five wars combined.
And yet, the handling of the virus continues to be marked by confusion and political obfuscation. On Friday, the CDC updated its coronavirus information page with an addendum that ‘airborne particles can remain suspended in the air and be breathed in by others, and travel distances beyond six feet’. Kind of important information just to slip in there on a Friday afternoon.
Hey, uh, you guys, no biggie, but the virus is airborne, six feet won’t save you, so you’re gonna want to wrap yourself in saran wrap and start a new life under the floor boards. But on Tuesday, the CDC quietly removed the information, claiming it was just a ‘draft version’ that was ‘posted in error.’ Well, that’s not comforting.
That’s like a fire marshal saying, ‘if you catch fire, remember: just stop, drop, and ignore everything I just said.’ The CDC claimed the extra-airborne guidance was an ‘honest mistake,’ but I think we should take everything the CDC says with a grain of salt for the foreseeable future, since Trump appointees delayed one CDC study for weeks because it showed the actual number of coronavirus infections was ten times the official number, and thus in ‘conflict’ with Trump messaging.
So they’re trying to change reality just to fit what the president says, which explains why the CDC says the new recommended serving size for food is bucket.” —Stephen Colbert
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