Trump Administration Rejects CDC
Guidelines for Reopening US The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
published 17 pages detailing recommendations
for America's reopening amid COVID-19. Six categories were addressed by the guidelines:
schools, centers of faith, vulnerable workers,
restaurants and bars, child care and mass transit. Senior CDC Official,
via CNN Senior CDC Official,
via CNN According to a senior CDC official,
lobby efforts from specific sectors to
influence the White House have been intense. According to a senior Trump administration official,
the White House found the CDC's recommendations
to be too specific and "overly prescriptive." The White House task force sent
the document back to the
CDC for revisions. It is currently unclear if the
CDC plans to make
revisions to its guidelines.