The CDC's handling of this study has implications that extend beyond the empirical question of how well masks work. In this case and others, the agency has proven that it cannot be trusted to act as an honest broker of scientific information. The result is that Americans are increasingly skeptical of anything the CDC says, even when it is sensible and well-grounded. While the CDC's desperate attempts to back up conclusions it has already reached may be aimed at protecting its reputation and credibility, they have the opposite effect.
The CDC, along with nearly every other federal government institution, has been realigned into a partisan political body subservient to the Democrat party. And those that haven’t yet succumbed, such as the military, are undergoing purges not dissimilar to debathification.
This happened in Soviet Russia. Except during the communists decades, even the communists didn’t believe the crap their were spewing, but did so because propaganda requires it. Our communists in government are true believers in their nonsense, unfortunately.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
The CDC, along with nearly every other federal government institution, has been realigned into a partisan political body subservient to the Democrat party. And those that haven’t yet succumbed, such as the military, are undergoing purges not dissimilar to debathification.
This happened in Soviet Russia. Except during the communists decades, even the communists didn’t believe the crap their were spewing, but did so because propaganda requires it. Our communists in government are true believers in their nonsense, unfortunately.