Trump's Rebukes of CDC Director, Sows Confusion
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On Wednesday, President Trump publicly slapped down Dr. Robert R. Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as the president promised a vaccine could be available in weeks and go “immediately” to the general public. While left-leaning articles highlight that Trump’s public scolding of Redfield was the starkest instance when the president has rejected the advice of public health issues, right-leaning articles highlight that Trump called Redfield to express his displeasure regarding Redfield’s comments.
A left-leaning article by The New York Times highlights that President Trump’s public scolding of Dr. Redfield was the starkest instance when the president has rejected not just the policy advice of his public health officials, but also facts and information they provided. After the president publicly rebuked his statements, Dr. Redfield tried to smooth over the rift by recalibrating his own answers from earlier in the day.
ABC News published a centrist article reporting that at a conference with reporters, Trump knocked Redfield’s assessment that most Americans wouldn’t see a vaccine until the middle of 2021 as a “mistake.” In his Senate testimony on Wednesday, Redfield estimated that even if a vaccine candidate were found today, it would take six to nine months to inoculate the entire country.
A right-leaning article by New York Post highlights that Trump said he called Redfield to express his displeasure regarding Redfield’s comments that the public won’t receive a potential vaccine until summer 2021. The article notes that Trump rarely wears a mask and said “a vaccine is much more effective than the mask.”
From the right
Trump says CDC Director Robert Redfield got it all wrong on COVID-19 masks, vaccines
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