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A former public affairs official of the US Department of Health and Human Services pressured the CDC to alter a report on the risk of COVID-19 to children. Specifically, the editorial staff was pushed to alter epidemiological data on COVID-19's impact on children. The novel coronavirus is estimated to have infected at least 7.43 million people in the US and has killed nearly 210,000 of them. Paul Alexander wrote in emails to the editor-in-chief of the CDC’s epidemiological digest—the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report—on Sept. 11th, 2020. He ordered changes that would downplay the risks to students and faculty if schools return to in-person classes, as President Donald Trump has demanded. The requested changes seemed designed to convey a lower level of risk to students if Trump’s orders were acted on. One former CDC official described Alexander making contact at all with the journal’s staff as highly 'unusual.' That's because the CDC and its journal are supposed to be insulated from external interference.
Caracas, Venezuela May 12 (EFE) (CAMERA: Jackdiwn Saez) .- Members of the Venezuelan nursing sector gathered Wednesday in several states of the country to demand a vaccination plan against COVID-19 and hospitals with equipment.
Bangkok, Apr 12 (EFE/EPA).- Thailand on Monday prepared 10,000 field hospital beds for patients in an attempt to combat the latest outbreak of the COVID-19 which causes the rapid surging of cases in the country.The latest outbreak was reportedly linked to several entertainment venues in Bangkok and has also been identified as a highly contagious British variant strain of the virus. (Camera: RUNGROJ YONGRIT).SHOT LIST: THAI AUTHORITIES PREPARE FIELD HOSPITAL BEDS AT A GYMNASIUM IN BANG BON DISTRICT ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Beijing, Mar 31 (EFE/EPA).- China Wednesday denied it had withheld data or obstructed the work of a team of experts from the World Health Organization to Wuhan, where the first Covid-19 outbreak was detected.The WHO team was in the Chinese city in January and February to probe the coronavirus origin. (Camera: ROMAN PILIPEY).SHOT LIST: A PRESS BRIEFING BY CHINESE EXPERTS ABOUT THE JOINT RESEARCH WITH WHO OF THE ORIGINS OF COVID-19 IN BEIJING, CHINA.
Last year, data scientist Rebekah Jones was fired by the Florida Department of Health. Part of her job was to work on the state's COVID-19 dashboard. But the data scientist was fired in May after she said she refused to alter data related to the pandemic in the state. However, she continued to publish her own Florida COVID-19 data independently, through her own dashboard. In December, Florida law enforcement raided her home, brandishing weapons at her young children. They seized computers, phones, and external storage drives in connection with an alleged hack. Now, Business Insider reports an arrest warrant has been issued for Jones, although it's not clear with what crime Florida officials plan to charge. Jones has agreed to turn herself in, calling the charges 'bogus' and an attempt to silence her for being a scientist critical of the government.
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