Within CDC, there’s debate about how to best advise Americans on masks
The day after the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention came out with its much-awaited updated mask guidance in late April, email inboxes at the federal agency were buzzing with a link to a Trevor Noah monologue.
In his self-described “viral rant,” the comedian ripped apart the new guidance as “too complicated” and “unreadable.”
“I know science is difficult and this is a novel virus and all of that, but who’s running messaging at the CDC?” Noah asked.
As CDC staff passed around a link to the April 27 monologue, a federal official told CNN, the message was clear: Noah was kind of right.