Trump would have pressured health workers not to publish accurate data on COVID-19

The then president of the United States would have delayed the publication of reports that harmed him electorally

MADRID, 18 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Workers at the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were pressured by former US President Donald Trump during his administration not to provide accurate information about the coronavirus to citizens at the beginning of the pandemic.

This has been endorsed by the subcommittee of the US House of Representatives in charge of investigating the coronavirus crisis, assuring that several senior CDC officials received pressure from Trump workers blocking the department's ability to transmit information to Americans, according to a report published by the subcommittee and picked up by CNN.

This latest 91-page report details widespread Trump-era political profiling attempts within the Department of Health and Human Services to interfere with the CDC, including "tampering with science" and misuse of information. agency's quarantine authority in a way that one agency division director has come to describe as "morally wrong."

Specifically, said political appointees of the United States Health System managed to "alter or delay the publication of at least five scientific reports, as well as pressure the CDC to change the publication process of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report", according to the said chain.

In addition, the Trump Administration would also have tried to influence the scientific reports of the CDC on the pandemic in the period between May and September 2020, editing the content or blocking the publication of at least 19 different reports that they believed could have been electorally damaging to the former president.

"This prioritization of politics, disregard for science, and refusal to follow the advice of public health experts harmed the nation's ability to respond effectively to the coronavirus crisis and put Americans at risk," he said. In a statement, Democratic representative James Clyburn reported the Bloomberg agency.

"As we continue to recover from the coronavirus crisis, we must also continue to work to safeguard scientific integrity and restore the confidence of the American people in our public health institutions," he added.

The subcommittee report has concluded that "the Trump Administration's interference" in CDC efforts to respond to the pandemic and attacks on agency scientists reflect a broader pattern of hostility that ultimately affected a wide swath of officials. and public health agencies.

The document marks the culmination of a two-year investigation by the House panel and provides new details of allegations about how the Trump administration handled the COVID-19 response.