Thread by @DonnaYoungDC

I'm still waiting on Giroir's spox to clarify how Fauci was at this meeting Thursday/signed off on #CDC #COVID19 testing guidelines changes at last task force discussion Aug. 20 while simultaneously having surgery that day.

I was in the queue on the call, but never got called on

.@drsanjaygupta: Fauci says he was in surgery when task force discussed CDC testing guidelines cnn.com/2020/08/26/pol…

So, @HHS_ASH Giroir, what you told us on the press call today? Care to explain?

#COVID19 #CDC #Fauci

So, how many times this week have we already heard conflicting/misleading information from the Trump administration on #COVID19?

#FDA #HHS #CDC

#NIH spox confirms: @CNN report is accurate.


#COVID19 #CDC

Meanwhile, Republicans at #GOPConvention / #RNC2020 acting like the #COVID19 #pandemic is over.

And will @HHS_ASH Giroir now borrow from @SteveFDA's playbook on how to deal with the public when you've put out misleading information?

#COVID19 #CDC #FDA #HHS #NIH

Another detail from #NIH spox: @NIHDirector Francis Colllins "was not consulted and did not participate in this decision" on the changes to the #CDC's #COVID19 testing guidelines

So when @HHS_ASH Giroir told reporters today that "all the docs" on the task force signed off: NOPE!

.@HHS_ASH Giroir's response tonight on why he appeared to mislead reporters today on press call about changes to #CDC #COVID19 testing guidelines: 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗

And @HHSGov now trying to send me to @CDCgov for a response on the misleading remarks @HHS_ASH Giroir made today during our press call - where he claimed Fauci was among "all the docs" who signed off on #CDC testing guidelines changes. Fauci was in surgery that day - Aug. 20.

.@CDCDirector Redfield tonight: "Everyone who needs a #COVID19 test, can get a test. Everyone who wants a test does not necessarily need a test; the key is to engage the needed public health community in the decision with the appropriate follow-up action."

.@CDCDirector Redfield tonight insists the updated #CDC testing guidelines were "coordinated in conjunction with the White House Coronavirus Task Force" & "received appropriate attention, consultation and input from task force experts."

Fauci disagrees.