COVID-19 Outbreak (Update: More than 2.9M cases and 132,313 deaths in US)

0rion said
I think we agree on quite a bit. The origin is maybe where we don't agree and that's about it. I do think we need scientists and above all else we need impartial scientists and I think that gets tougher when money and funding get involved. If it was found out that we were intentionally misled on the origin or even that they discovered later it's origin and didn't disclose it I would think all trust is then gone and it would be time to burn it down and start over.
So my problem with the CDC is rooted in their early handling of this. We were short on PPE so they changed requirements to accommodate those shortages. As someone married to a healthcare worker that ticked me off. Changing requirements to fit supply is not what a scientist should do... especially when it's putting my wife and family at risk. That's not science. Lack of PPE doesn't make this virus any less dangerous. It's one thing to be short on PPE which was bad enough but when the CDC says you can wear a bandana it gives the hospital all it needs to send my wife into a covid room with a damn bandana on her face.

Now, when you look at what the CDC’s position was it’s a bit clearer. Most viruses and the two previous Corona virus MERS and SARS were only infectious when showing symptoms. So the mask guidelines were put forth with that in mind. Now, once it became a fact that it could be spread asymptomaticly, then they changed the guidelines. Now, even when you step back and look at the facts, viruses are too small to be filtered out by a healthy wearer breathing in. If they are stuck to something, sure, but free floating no. They work to stop the viruses from leaving people who may be asymptomatic carriers by soaking up fluid that the virus is attached to. For that they can be very effective.

Now the fact that health care workers are wearing home made masks, sanitizing single use masks, having to wear masks for two weeks, wearing bandanas, not having correct gear is a frigging tragedy, but that goes back years and was made worse by the flat footed approach to this thing in the beginning. Something that the CDC has no power for, that’s purchasing and storing of supplies for this sort of thing. That’s a function of the government as a whole and I believe the department of homeland security in particular.