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CDC becomes a chew toy for the teachers' unions
So this is for those here who insist that there's no conspiracy to keep the economy shutdown and drag this out as long as possible. FOIA docs show the sudden change from the CDC director was at the behest of the teachers unions. They are not following the science (which the new director was when she said vaccines for teachers weren't necessary to go back to school and the Biden admin told the public she was not speaking in an official capacity).
So this is for those here who insist that there's no conspiracy to keep the economy shutdown and drag this out as long as possible. FOIA docs show the sudden change from the CDC director was at the behest of the teachers unions. They are not following the science (which the new director was when she said vaccines for teachers weren't necessary to go back to school and the Biden admin told the public she was not speaking in an official capacity).
The Centers for Disease Control, which bills itself to the public as an agency all about "science," is actually pretty political.
So in late February, when the agency released its disappointing recommendations to slow and halt school re-openings, despite the pandemic passing its peak, the obvious options for outdoor learning, and the success of school reopenings in Europe, and among private schools here, many assumed they were just a little slow on the uptake, and maybe going by their outdated research.
Nope, they were parroting what the American Federation of Teachers told them to say, word for word at times, according to a report in the New York Post:
The Post described a "flurry" of emails between not just Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Biden's newly appointed CDC director and union bigs, with plenty of gushy praises in the lovey-dovey exchanges, but also the White House, which then very much played a part in the weird CDC behavior in the month of February following the exchanges.
Walensky, recall, had been in trouble with this bunch, because when she first came on the job, she did say schools could safely re-open and teachers did not have to be vaccinated.
Then the unions got involved, and she took a U-turn. Remember this?
Nope, she was speaking science at the time and certainly in an official capaicty, and now the emails indicate that the union set her to rights.
Then Joe himself, recall, in an unusual move, tweeted this weird public service message featuring her below.
So in late February, when the agency released its disappointing recommendations to slow and halt school re-openings, despite the pandemic passing its peak, the obvious options for outdoor learning, and the success of school reopenings in Europe, and among private schools here, many assumed they were just a little slow on the uptake, and maybe going by their outdated research.
Nope, they were parroting what the American Federation of Teachers told them to say, word for word at times, according to a report in the New York Post:
The American Federation of Teachers lobbied the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on, and even suggested language for, the federal agency’s school-reopening guidance released in February.
The powerful teachers union’s full-court press preceded the federal agency putting the brakes on a full re-opening of in-person classrooms, emails between top CDC, AFT and White House officials show.
The emails were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by the conservative watchdog group Americans for Public Trust and provided to The Post.
The powerful teachers union’s full-court press preceded the federal agency putting the brakes on a full re-opening of in-person classrooms, emails between top CDC, AFT and White House officials show.
The emails were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by the conservative watchdog group Americans for Public Trust and provided to The Post.
Walensky, recall, had been in trouble with this bunch, because when she first came on the job, she did say schools could safely re-open and teachers did not have to be vaccinated.
Then the unions got involved, and she took a U-turn. Remember this?
Following weeks of standoff in some cities and states where teachers unions are demanding vaccines as a condition of reopening, the issue came to a head Wednesday when Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said vaccination of teachers “is not a prerequisite for safe reopening of schools.”
But in a juggling of positions, the White House declined to back Walensky, saying she was speaking “in her personal capacity.” Asked Friday about her earlier comments, Walensky punted.
But in a juggling of positions, the White House declined to back Walensky, saying she was speaking “in her personal capacity.” Asked Friday about her earlier comments, Walensky punted.
Then Joe himself, recall, in an unusual move, tweeted this weird public service message featuring her below.
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