Sen. Collins to CDC Director: Teachers Union Affecting Guidance ‘Undermines Public Confidence’

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COLLINS: "So, here we have unnecessary barriers to reopening schools, exaggerating the rest of outdoor transmission and unworkable restrictions on summer camps. Why does this matter? It matters because it undermines public confidence in your recommendations, in the recommendations that do make sense, in the recommendations that Americans should be following. I’d like you to respond to why the CDC is not following the standard procedures? Why it's having off line secret negotiations with one stakeholder that was revealed only through reporting and a FOIA request? Why it is exaggerating outdoor transmission? We know that mass make a big differences indoors. They don’t outdoors."