Trump political appointees tried to silence a longtime top official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after she stressed the seriousness of the coronavirus, arguing her statements to a medical group contradicted those of top Trump administration officials, including Vice President Pence.
Washington Post: Trump’s appointees sought to censor what government scientists said about the coronavirus
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Dr. Anne Schuchat (L), principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), arrive to testify about Coronavirus, COVID-19, during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, March 3, 2020.
