Opinion | Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Dr. Robert Cook-Deegan,: Since this White House ignores science, Congress needs its own scientific agency. - NBCNewsTHINK
Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Andy Levin: Without contact tracing, we can't stop COVID-19. But we have a plan for that.
One example is the debacle of COVID-19 testing. A lack of adequate testing is a major reason for the United States’ catastrophically slow response to the current crisis. Among the loud and self-interested voices in the debate, Congress could have used an OTA to help separate wheat from chaff, ignorance from fact, and lies from truth in a highly technical field, and ultimately to help put in place federal programs that ensure adequate testing.
Good science is not the problem. It’s our leaders’ willingness to find and listen to it, and then translate that into good policy decisions.
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