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12.22am BST
The New York Times has just launched a huge scoop: the recommendation made last month by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention that it was not necessary to test people who did not have Covid-19 symptoms was not in fact written by CDC scientists, and was posted to the CDC website despite “serious objections”.
The US health department rewrote guidance “and then ‘dropped’ it into the CDC’s public website, flouting the agency’s strict scientific review process,” Apoorva Mandavilli reports.
wow by @apoorva_nyc:
Last month’s recommendation from the CDC saying people without Covid-19 symptoms didn’t need to get tested was *not written by CDC scientists* and was posted to the agency’s website despite their serious objections: https://t.co/B4j9ITQceT
12.10am BST
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Continue reading…Worldwide infections pass 30m; Covid-19 infections in France hit 10,593 in 24 hours; WHO warns against shortening quarantine in Europe. Follow the latest updatesCDC director says vaccine won’t be widely available until late 2021‘Off the charts’: Ireland’s contact tracers face return of sleepless nightsChinese border city enters ‘wartime’ mode to tackle Covid outbreak100-year-old man leaves hospital after surviving coronavirus 12.22am BSTThe New York Times has just launched a huge scoop: the recommendation made last month by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention that it was not necessary to test people who did not have Covid-19 symptoms was not in fact written by CDC scientists, and was posted to the CDC website despite “serious objections”. The US health department rewrote guidance “and then ‘dropped’ it into the CDC’s public website, flouting the agency’s strict scientific review process,” Apoorva Mandavilli reports. wow by @apoorva_nyc: Last month’s recommendation from the CDC saying people without Covid-19 symptoms didn’t need to get tested was *not written by CDC scientists* and was posted to the agency’s website despite their serious objections: https://t.co/B4j9ITQceT 12.10am BSTIt is always good to hear from you – and particularly, perhaps, when we reach a sombre milestone like this. Get in touch on Twitter @helenrsullivan or via email: helen.sullivan@theguardian.com. Continue reading…