Who Needs RFK Jr. When We've Already Got a Corrupt CDC?
Misinformation from a place of power.
You're supposed to get better in the hospital, not worse.
That basic fact was lost on the CDC last week as a key committee voted against recommending N95 respirators over surgical masks in healthcare settings. In their own words, “N95 respirators should not be recommended for all pathogens that spread by air.” Dubbed the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), its members have spent the last year working largely without participation from experts on aerosols, ignoring evidence and outcry at every turn. Honestly, you can’t get more anti-science. They even declined to strengthen guidance protecting voluntary use of N95 respirators, saying their existing language was sufficient. During the meeting, only one HICPAC member, Lisa Baum of the New York State Nurses Association, consistently spoke out in favor of N95 masks. (She was also the only person wearing one.)
Hundreds of public health experts have spoken out against HICPAC’s equation of surgica…