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Trump threatened to fire CDC's chief of respiratory diseases in February: report
« on: April 22, 2020, 04:55:48 pm »
Trump threatened to fire CDC's chief of respiratory diseases in February: report
By J. Edward Moreno - 04/22/20 04:26 PM EDT


Trump threatened to fire CDC's chief of respiratory diseases in February: report
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President Trump nearly fired a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) official after she said in February that the agency was preparing for a pandemic, according to the Wall Street Journal.

“It’s not a question of if this will happen but when this will happen and how many people in this country will have severe illnesses,” Nancy Messonnier, the director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said on Feb. 25.

According to the Journal, Trump was angry with Messonnier after her statement resulted in a dip in the stock market. The same day, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar said that the virus was “contained” in the U.S.

The next day Trump repeatedly said he did not think an outbreak was “inevitable” and appointed Vice President Pence as the head of the administration’s coronavirus task force.

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Re: Trump threatened to fire CDC's chief of respiratory diseases in February: report
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2020, 05:21:39 pm »
Annoymorously sourced. And not consistent with the numerous actions taken by the Trump Administration (see link below).
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Re: Trump threatened to fire CDC's chief of respiratory diseases in February: report
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2020, 05:21:50 pm »
Good luck with that one. She's Rod Rosenstein's sister ... now how would that look if Trump fired her?
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Re: Trump threatened to fire CDC's chief of respiratory diseases in February: report
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2020, 05:48:26 pm »
And if she wasn't Rosentein's sister no one would be talking about her.

Whatever really happened, she's still a backbencher.
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