'It Was Compromised'

<p>The Trump administration has been accused of manipulating CDC communications about the coronavirus in order to downplay the seriousness of the pandemic. This almost novelistic account follows the machinations of the White House as it grapples with how to obfuscate the seriousness of the pandemic in order to get re-elected.</p><p><br></p><p>The Trump administration usurped control of CDC communications and blocked public health officials from providing accurate information about the coronavirus to the American people; installed political operatives who sought to downplay the seriousness of the pandemic and retaliated against the careers of officials who contradicted Trump Administration talking points; overruled scientists to weaken multiple CDC guidance documents and to exploit and counteract CDC's public health authorities to achieve political goals; attempted to manipulate the content and block the publication of CDC's scientific reports and destroy evidence of such political interference; and diverted taxpayer money away from CDC to inject overtly pro-Trump slogans into public service announcements about vaccines.</p><p><br></p><p>The AI annotations include a Foreword by the AI Cincinnatus; a variety of abstracts including scientific style tldr tldr one word (Lies.) Red Team Critique Explain It to Me Like I'm Five Years Old Action Items; and a recursive summary with synopsis.</p>