A Deeper Dive Into the CDC Reversal

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8/14/2022Updated: 8/16/2022

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Commentary

It was a good but bizarre day when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finally reversed itself fundamentally on its messaging of the past 2 1/2 years. The source was the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of Aug. 11. The title alone shows just how deeply the about-face was buried: “Summary of Guidance for Minimizing the Impact of COVID-19 on Individual Persons, Communities, and Health Care Systems—United States, August 2022.”

Jeffrey A. Tucker

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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]