{"id":432072,"date":"2022-04-15T02:18:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T23:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-cdc-is-hypocritical-over-its-covid-policies\/"},"modified":"2022-04-15T02:18:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T23:18:35","slug":"the-cdc-is-hypocritical-over-its-covid-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-cdc-is-hypocritical-over-its-covid-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"#The CDC is hypocritical over its COVID policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2774ee32de2\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2774ee32de2\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-cdc-is-hypocritical-over-its-covid-policies\/#%E2%80%9CThe_CDC_is_hypocritical_over_its_COVID_policies%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;The CDC is hypocritical over its COVID policies&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThe_CDC_is_hypocritical_over_its_COVID_policies%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;The CDC is hypocritical over its COVID policies&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The biggest problem in public-health policy is inconsistency. Which is why it doesn\u2019t make sense for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to be extending its mask mandate on planes, buses and trains while rolling back Title 42, which has done far more to protect our country (as well as the people entering it) from disease than a flimsy cloth mask ever has.<\/p>\n<p>As we enter an important phase of learning to live with the virus, focusing mainly on severe disease and protecting the most vulnerable, it is time for all mandatory strategies except Title 42 to be removed.<\/p>\n<p>The COVID pandemic was starting back in March 2020 when the CDC made the decision to invoke Title 42 to allow the timely expulsion of some migrants. The United States lacked sufficient immigrant holding facilities that could provide <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriate <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> distancing and ventilation. We didn\u2019t have any treatments or vaccines, and we were just learning the extent of this emerging threat.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, Title 42 is a public-health tool intended to help protect the health safety of those crossing the border, US border personnel and US communities.\u00a0In 2020, a growing number of illegal immigrants had active COVID-19 and served as a potential source of spread to all three groups.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/1387212708.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Temporary agricultural workers with H-2A work visas wait in line to cross the San Ysidro Port of Entry.\" class=\"wp-image-21910509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/1387212708.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/1387212708.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/1387212708.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/1387212708.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The CDC announced it was scrapping Title 42, which permitted Border Patrol officials to expel migrants without hearing asylum claims due to the ongoing pandemic.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Mario Tama\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>US Customs and Border Protection stations were overwhelmed, and not only were agents getting sick, but migrants were passing it among themselves. CDC rightly determined that it was in the interest of public health to send back migrants in danger of being infected rather than continue to try to contain them in a super-spreading environment. Soon, more than 5% were testing positive, and despite best efforts, hospitals in McAllen and Laredo, Texas, and surrounding areas all experienced a wave of COVID cases.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Invoking Title 42 was a \u201cbuck stops here\u201d CDC decision based on public health, not politics. Sending close to 2 million people back across our southern border to Mexico since March 2020 has not only helped spare local hospitals but also saved many thousands of lives.<\/p>\n<p>Consider that the United States has a long history of carefully screening immigrants that precedes the inclusion of Title 42 into public-health law, which allows US health authorities to deny entry of people or property into the country \u201cto prevent spread of communicable disease.\u201d We both had relatives enter America legally, including via Ellis Island, more than 100 years ago, with officials carefully examining their necks for the lymph-node swellings of scrofula (tuberculosis). Why should now be any different?<\/p>\n<p>The COVID pandemic is still a significant threat to the lives and health of those who are most vulnerable.\u00a0So even as we transition back to normal life, it is premature to roll back the use of Title 42 in the battle against SARS-CoV-2 and any emerging variants. We continue to lack substantial real-time screening and treatment facilities at our borders. We also lack social distancing and proper ventilation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/AP22104661674321.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A U.S. Border Patrol vehicle drives along the border fence at the U.S.-Mexico border wall.\" class=\"wp-image-21910551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/AP22104661674321.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/AP22104661674321.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/AP22104661674321.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/AP22104661674321.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Customs and Border Protection admitted Monday that lifting Title 42 will \u201clikely\u201d cause an \u201cincrease in encounters\u201d with illegal immigrants along the southern border.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP\/Ross D. Franklin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We hope that the current CDC and its leadership will reverse course and ground their Title 42 decision in public health rather than as an extension of the administration\u2019s immigration policy. The CDC is responsible for ensuring that COVID-mitigation measures are in place for all illegal immigrants in US custody. It is much more difficult to determine the COVID risk of a migrant than of a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>er on a plane or train \u2014\u00a0which is why these two policy changes are contradictory and appear driven by politics rather than <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>. (CDC\u2019s parent, the Department of Health and Human Services, added to the contradiction this week by extending the public-health emergency.)<\/p>\n<p>Let data and public-health improvements at border facilities define which direction Title 42 should ultimately go in, not Washington politics. America is still a land of opportunity and an inspiration to many around the world, but putting migrants at serious health risk and increasing the spread of contagions while chastising legal travelers is not what our founders had in mind.<\/p>\n<p><em>Robert Redfield, M.D., was director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2018 to 2021.<\/em> <em>Marc Siegel, M.D., is a clinical professor of medicine and medical director of Doctor Radio at NYU Langone Health and a Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> medical analyst.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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