Acting CDC director says US Ebola response more justified than COVID measures

Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Jay Bhattacharya defended the Trump administration’s response to the Ebola outbreak Thursday, writing in The Wall Street Journal that the measures being taken are scientifically stronger than those implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Bhattacharya said the COVID-19 public health response measures such as “lockdowns,” school closures, and mask and vaccine mandates “made little scientific sense.” 

“By contrast, the measures the U.S. is taking to address this Ebola outbreak—with its high mortality rate and known transmission methods—are scientifically justified, sensitive to the epidemiological facts and specifically tailored to contain the outbreak,” Bhattacharya wrote. 

Bhattacharya said the top priority of the administration is to prevent Ebola from being imported into America. 

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