CDC abruptly removes guidance about airborne coronavirus transmission, says update 'was posted in error'

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The CDC abruptly reverted to its previous guidance about how coronavirus is transmitted, removing language about airborne transmission it had posted just days earlier.

"A draft version of proposed changes to these recommendations was posted in error to the agency's official website. CDC is currently updating its recommendations regarding airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 . Once this process has been completed, the update language will be posted," Jason McDonald, a CDC spokesman, said in a response emailed to CNN.

Also on Friday, CDC updated its coronavirus testing guidance to stress that anyone who has been in contact with an infected person should be tested for coronavirus. A controversial earlier update was not written by CDC scientists and posted online before it had undergone the normal scientific review process, two sources confirmed to CNN last week.

 

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How about we practice the safety protocol without being unnecessarily controlled and keep those most at risk in mind. We all know what needs to be done. Exaggerating it and destroying the economy to sway the election is so messed up.

The Decision coin landed heads but they went with the tails info. Doh!

Was waiting for this. trump wouldn't let this go to make him look like the lier and idiot we know he is. Lets pressure the CDC to comply with his fat ass. Anyways he paying to be protected, we just need to listen to Dr and Scientist.

There is so much misinformation about this virus. Shutting down America in some places but not in others is inconsistent too.

The CDCgov should be fired!

Please lock at this

And? you trying to say they were made to change there stance? Keep pushing that scamdemic narrative!!

Redfield, how do you sleep at night knowing the every day, AMERICANS are dying because of the lies you are telling? People who believed you of all people could be corrupted and lie to the people of this country. You are no better than Trump.

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It's well

Haha I didn't know the left was sooo conspiratorial. I just stepped all over in it in these comments

If you believe the CDC you are stupid a fool or both. Same goes for FDA and fauci.

gobuxgal That’s Trump not CDC The CDC is muzzled Climate scientists are muzzled Covid stats are incorrectly reported Trump just decided he’ll own vaccines Governors need to act for their states to save our country now

CDC needs to change their mission statement to conducts critical science and provides health information then we allow government officials to tell us what to say.

CDC now stands for 'Crap Donald Creates'

I suspect it’s Trump haters who want to try to hurt the President’s chance of reelection when what they’re doing is hurting their fellow citizens and putting such panic and fear in their hearts, it’s unconscionable.

Yeah posted in error my ass..the only error in america is realDonaldTrump ..manipulating the CDC thru his idiot chronies playing with american lifes for his re-election...disgusting.

Dumbmocrats were screwed by the old lady she was selfish would not leave office just the rest till they die because it’s about them and not the people they claim to represent serves them good

Incident_Alerts CDC backtrack? Well I never......................

I wish they just shut up!

No one really knows much. Do masks help at all?

They don’t know much about this virus. Nobody does

Geezzz ... Understand it’s a new virus, but the transmission can be sum’tin epidemiologist can “generalize” and not flip-flopping in a matter of days. Get 110% proof secure before making such an important announcement ‼️

So if it's not airborne how is in transmitted ?

Idiots. They think we are idiots.

Get some balls

I still believe, wash your hands, social distance, & wear a mask when you can't distance.

The cdc has lost complete public trust. First time I can recall a partisan lead national organization supposed to be for the benefit of public health

The question yet to be answered: How many viral particles do you need to breath to get C-19? Amount of exposure to virus? Yes, particles might be in the air for up to 30 min, after someone cough or sneezes (indoors).most people are wearing masks and staying 6 feet apart. Chill

realdonaldtrump is fucking with our lives. STOP HIM!

CDC, fake it till you make it I guess

I think what bothers me most about this administration is its ScienceDenial for political gain & the ever-increasing acceptance of that view by the right wing. To blatantly accept ideology over evidence & proven fact is mind boggling to me.

fvguima

Someone must have slipped it in, got busted, and was ordered to take it out. TrumpLied200KAmericansdied CDCisComprimised

This is bullshit.

American citizens are under attack by thier institutions⁉️⁉️⁉️

Trump’s minions at work. CovidiotinChief

What about the 2.2 Million lives that was saved!!

Disturbing CDC made an error like that.

Propaganda machines in 2020 Whodathunkit Ummm...maybe some people should follow WORLD health reports which aren't DEM or GOP... try Canadian news ... Italian, Spanish, Nigerian.. RESEARCH does a body good.

StillADog WTF. Stop listening to the impotus!!

Why?

Hey CDCgov - we know Covid is airborne. We know you do NOT have the best interests of Americans in your plans. CDCDirector shame on you and our organization. You are literally endangering and killing Americans.

Trump got his tiny hands in the CDC, forcing them randomly revised authentic statements...

Amateur hour in Trumps Administration.

Any virus that spreads that fast is aerosolized. You don’t need math a microscopes to confirm this.

lol SCIENCE ScienceMatters cdc fakenews covid19 hoax MAGA2020LandslideVictory MAGA2020Landslide MAGA2020 MAGA

Corrupt!

There is no CDC. We are witnessing a complete takeover of every branch of government and helpless to stop it. God help us all.

The CDC office is a joke! -Actual photo of what’s going on inside the CDC:

we're all getting whiplash

I am so sick of this bullshit

How is this virus transmitted? I don’t trust that this administration isn’t pummeling the CDC. Ahhhh to lose faith in our A+ asshole President, Government and the CDC during a pandemic in the same time frame...just splendid... Dr. Gupta, please talk to us...

With constant ever changing Information about how this virus spreads...why should anyone trust the CDC?

It is transmitted in airborne way and hvac units are a serious concern.

all can be controlled by money or politics.

They are literally playing with people’s lives for the benefit of one self serving ego maniac! TrumpLiedPeopleDied

In a taped interview with Bob Woodward realDonaldTrump talks about how it's airborne and about how somebody sneezed in an office one day and he and everybody ran out of the room because it's airborne

Oh and they are so upset about it aww. Fake news is mad awww

Fact

Are they TRYING to kill us? Damn good job if they aren't.

appeal to Presents if there is covid 19, we have to wait few months more, not now to open institute urgently, children can not obey the rules, when, then we are older the innocent, wait and see then reopen schools thanks Faisal Nawab

Believe CDC the first time. The reversal was ordered by the WH and executed by Alex Azar.

Next up: no social distancing or masks needed

realDonaldTrump has corrupted CDCgov do NOT believe anything they recommend. Look to Dr. Fauci and WHO.

😂😂😂😂😂😂

CDC is a hot mess.

StillADog Corruption in the nasty stinking flesh!!! VoteOutTheseFrauds NoMoreLies NoMoreBS VoteBlueDownBallot VoteForAllDems

Hahahaha

Orwellian. The CDC had been an unimpeachable institution for 100 years before Trump got his little hands on…

THESE SO CALL SPECIALIST DON'T KNOW NOTHING ALWAYS CHANGING THEIR MINDS

CDC are government bureacratic fools. and the whole thing is the greatest fraud ever. Americans really stupid. MasksOffAmerica

This has to stop!

Hahahaha all these replies blaming the president

How could they deny this when even the Trump//Woodward tapes has his voice saying its airborne. Why would the CDCgov punk themselves?

I'm beginning to think that the CDC wouldn't know its ass from a hole in the ground.

Absolute Bullshit!! Censorship from the top! 1984 is here!

Shame on CDCDirector cdc. Dr’s take an oath to first do no harm. The man should have his license revoked! CDCgov is a laughing stock. Get your guidance from places like Joh’a Hopkins and stop listening to CDC.

Packing people into rallies must have started to have the inevitable consequences. Better take down anything that suggest it was criminally reckless to do so.

What kind of shithole country f**cks around with settled public health guidelines in the middle of a global pandemic? 🤬

Trump is going to kill us all VoteBidenHarrisToSaveAmerica

It’s ridiculous to think trump controls cdc. Like every other government agency they are incompetent. That’s why they work for the government

It’s all such bullshit

In other words..... realDonaldTrump saw this and made us remove it. NOTHING TO SEE HERE.... MOVE ALONG....

What the actual fuck?

A whistleblower released the report, and corrupted administrator removed it. There is currently no accountability in our government, it is all smoke and mirrors. Let’s end the bs Nov 3rd. Continue to wear your mask and keep your distance.

Hey Statists: the CDC is a govt agency...what did you expect? ALL govt agencies always have been & always will be incompetent &/or corrupt. Why don't you AmericanIdiots that are 72% fat, 42% obese, 50% VitaminD deficient get healthy instead of looking 2 BigDaddyGovernment?

Scientists said it was airborne cdc is garbage

Can we trust anything the Trump Administration says?

The CDC is compromised.

Fist ya’ll must fact check anything put out by fake news CNN. Unless you are oblivious and living in a bubble like they do.

Uh...just sayin

If the Coronavirus wasn't airborne than the only way you could catch the Coronavirus is from having unprotected sex or sharing needles. A man's semen isn't airborne because if a man's semen comes in contact with the air, that semen can no longer impregnate a woman.

This country is such an embarrassment.

Do these people actually get paid for doing this. They have had eight months to study this disease and now they come out with this. Do we really need them?

The CDCgov should not be political. This is shameful and dangerous. Stop doing what the GOP and realDonaldTrump requests. The CDC should always do what is RIGHT for all of America.

TrumpIsAMonster

It takes days for approvals, signatures, quality checks, etc., before anything is published. So the information is true. COVID-19 is airborne...but Trump needs indoor rallies, so it came off the website

Wear a fucking mask.

JFC 🤦🏻‍♀️

Do any of you conspiracy theorists or media hacks ever give any thought to the very nature of a virus? It evolves, it mutates, it changes over time. Study may be showing that early conclusions were off or it’s changed in how it moves through the population.

The CDC is no longer reliable or reputable under this administration. What a fucking joke

Omg, everyone keeps saying how the CDC is now false and corrupt...🤷🏽‍♂️, you have no idea, stop spreading false information unless you have truthful information. Your opinions mean 💩

You mean trump didn’t like the truth and forced them to remove it.

CDC : Crooked Dumb Corrupt

The thing that I hate is that the CDC isn't given time to make clear judgment before the 'well that recommendation wasn't what they said....' well duh, science evolves, as well as this virus. Ppl (I) who work in a hospital see changes daily lol

Common Sense Goes A Long Way.

'...to protect yourself in others, including...' WHAT 🙃

I would never trust anything the CDC or the WHO has to say about this. Folks, use your common sense until we know for real facts about this virus. Protect yourselves and protect your loved ones. It won’t last forever. Do what you have to do.

Trump should be compared to King Midas...But instead of turning everything into gold, Trump turns everything into 💩! Now,CDC is worthless!

The CDC being shady as usual. But look at the idiots blaming a white person who happens to be a president at first chance.

The is having an absolute blast with the scamdemic2020. That along with all the fun stories of death. Boy oh boy what a good time.

Who at our CDC cannot stand up to Trump and his administration? You're dealing with an entire nation full of citizens versus one psychopath and his little minions. Mind-boggling how weak the people we have entrusted our safety to are being.

This pisses me off!! These people are playing with our lives! The CDC (and everyone else) needs to grow some balls, and stand up to Trump!

So sad that we cannot even trust the CDC anymore

Trump again.

So damn scary

Trump told him to take it off the site. Trump should be brought up on murder charges.

Guess who told them to remove it?

Frightening!

And Joe thinks he would have gotten this right? CHINA lied, the WHO lied, the CDC changes their recommendation every other day, Fauci is a joke with all his flip flopping on guidance, Nancy inviting people to gather in China town and hospitals can’t count covid cases correctly.

“It goes through the air. That's always tougher than the touch. You don't have to touch things. Right? But the air, you just breath the air and that's how it's passed....It's also more deadly than even your strenuous flus.' realDonaldTrump, February 7, 2020 TrumpKnew

COVID IS AIRBORNE WEAR A MASK

Sadly, I’m not sure we can really trust the CDC. They’ve been politicized as part if the Trump propaganda machine.

Fauci running this farce?

Which is it?!?!?! This flip-flopping is wearing the American Public out. I know this isn't easy....BUT!!!!!

Wtf, you sound like Trump. Say one thing then backtrack your story hours later. Get it right for once, lives depend on it.

When the numbers start rising from the Trump rallies they have another story created by Trump to tell the people.

Starting to loose my confidence in the CDC. Does the right hand know what the left hand is doing?

Of course they did, the stock marketing is tanking, and that's all that Trump cares about!

The CDC can’t be trusted, they are mostly Marxist Dems

This shit is just fucking insane. Trump has got to go!

But you see, here's the problem we have now: Did they indeed post in error? Then they're incompetent. OR Did one of Trump’s flunkies TELL them to retract it? Then they're compromised. This is not normal. CDC

Well, if you told me you were drowning, I would not lend a hand I've seen your face before, my friend, but I don't know if you know who I am -- I am Donald Trump!

this has trump admin all over it

This stuff is why people have trouble trusting the 'experts'. covid

This gives me lots of confidence in trump's vaccine bullshit

Trust the CDC they said they know better they said

They caved to political pressure! The CDC is no longer reliable bc they are being censured. I no longer trust anything they say. CDCgov

CCDC Corrupted Centre for Disease Control ...there fixed it 🤡🍄💰🦠☠️

trump is trying to kill us. Doctors give King trumptard an “F”. Why is CDC guidance published three days ago now REVOKED? NO ONE should trust the trump government!!!

This is why everyone doesn't believe anything we are told - especially by the Left.

Y'all starting to look real crazy

No one cares anymore. Check your traffic, should be obvious 🙄

Ah, yes, CDCgov The Medical Equivalent of You know... FakeNews , Lies, and general untrustworthy Bullshit.

It should be renamed the Centers for Disinformation Control

CDC can’t be trusted at this point. Being held hostage by trump and his corrupt minions. Someone save us!

Hahahha. You are a joke

We know it isn’t airborne bec rioters and protesters are immune🤷‍♀️

Outrageous that GOP has Orwellian control over our publicly funded national health entity. Meanwhile realDonaldTrump is killing us elders as we either languish in isolation or risk lethal exposure to his mask refusing followers. Trump lies, we elders die - CDCgov is complicit.

Course they did smh

Or its just bullshit! Eat healthy, lose weight, exercise, learn to cope with stress, use way less cleaning chemicals (it’s also killing good germs) and you will be fine. Nothing else will protect you.

Orwellian. The CDC had been an unimpeachable institution for 100 years before Trump got his little hands on it. Now it’s politicized and delegitimized like the rest of our government. We are a banana republic.

realDonaldTrump KILLED 200K and Counting...COVID19 CDCgov KNOWS Pandemic Transmission is Airborne MORE than 6 Feet! WAKE UP USA! WEARMask WATCHDistance WashHands Save US Democracy VoteBluetoSaveAmerica jerseyjoyce 🇺🇸🌎

People, please, you cannot trust anything that comes out of that agency. It's been turned over to Trump cronies and even long time employees will tell you this now. Refer to other trusted medical sources.

Hello, science changes as new data comes out...

CNN FakeNews FakePandemic

CDCgov who is responsible for this TrumpVirus

I’m sorry, we mistakenly posted accurate information. It has since been removed. CDC

See yall going back and forth about the truth of the virus and want people to take a damn vaccine shot for this crap. Be consistent dang

YOU CAN bet trump had a hand in that i think someone should look into it

This isnt a uni announcement about holidays so they can change whatever they say. They should respect that people can take their sayings seriously and if people lose trust in them a chaos will happen of ignoring the whole corona thing and numbers will increase the double.

and wonder why so many question precautions

And we’re supposed to trust these guys to give us correct info on vaccines?

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