Trump Admin Shelves CDC Guidelines On Reopening

The Associated Press reports:

A set of detailed documents created by the nation’s top disease investigators meant to give step-by-step advice to local leaders deciding when and how to reopen public places such as mass transit, day care centers and restaurants during the still-raging pandemic has been shelved by the Trump administration.

The 17-page report by a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention team, titled “Guidance for Implementing the Opening Up America Again Framework,” was researched and written to help faith leaders, business owners, educators and state and local officials as they begin to reopen.

It was supposed to be published last Friday, but agency scientists were told the guidance “would never see the light of day,” according to a CDC official.

CDC created detailed guidelines for reopening places like mass transit, day care centers and restaurants. The Trump administration shelved them. https://t.co/0djwYEaidi

— Michael Tackett (@tackettdc) May 7, 2020