Diagnosing and treating what ails the CDC

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : With an average of 240 cooperative agreements funded annually at an average of $1.6 million per recipient - including many to special interest groups and institutions of higher education - it is clear that CDC funding priorities should be reevaluated.
56% : Once the crown jewel of public health action, the CDC has sat like an old car up on concrete blocks with the wheels removed, rusting.
54% : In a step that is long overdue, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will loosen COVID isolation guidelines - finally embracing a more practical approach that acknowledges how much has changed since the guidelines were last updated in 2021.
45% : LONG COVID IS HIGHEST IN THESE STATES, SAYS NEW CDC REPORTWhen the coronavirus arrived in the U.S. after the failures of China and the World Health Organization to properly warn the world, it spread through hospitals, nursing homes and public spaces.
40% : The CDC has attempted to be "all things to all people" and expanded its mission to include climate change, structural racism, and gun violence.
37% : Over the course of four years, they mishandled public communication and messaging, were unable to thoughtfully assess risk, engaged in widespread regulation of Americans' everyday lives, and caused economic devastation through wide-reaching public health recommendations.
30% : Under the Biden administration, CDC officials coordinated with teachers' unions to keep schools closed - despite warnings of adverse effects on children's mental health and academic development.

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