Trump official pressured CDC to change report on Covid and kids

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Trump official pressured CDC to change report on Covid and kids
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Amid Trump’s push to reopen schools, Michael Caputo’s science adviser asked that the CDC alter its warning about a study of pediatric coronavirus

Democrats, OPEN THE SCHOOLS , NOW! When schools are closed, let the money follow the child . Why should schools be paid when they are closed? They shouldn’t!Alexander's requests also complicated Kent's own efforts to change the report after she said career civil servants made similar suggestions, according to an email exchange that CDC shared with POLITICO.

The final version of the CDC's report, published on Sept. 15, contained revisions approved by career officials like Schuchat but also “Careful monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 infections, deaths, and other severe outcomes among persons aged <21 years remains particularly important as schools reopen in the United States,” according to the published report. The draft version of that sentence, reviewed by POLITICO, used the words “children, adolescents, and young adults” instead of “persons.”

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