Comment by piva00

Probably not block CDC scientists of speaking about it[0]. Also not interfere with data collection by the CDC[1].

They probably wouldn't have dismantled the global health security branch of the National Security Council either[2][3][4], 2 years prior to the pandemic.

There's a timeline outlining the disastrous bullshit[5].

[0] https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/attacks-on-science/trump-ad...

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/politics/trump-cdc-cor...

[2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/0...

[3] https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/1...

[4] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-homeland...

[5] https://doggett.house.gov/media/blog-post/timeline-trumps-co...