Tag Archives: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

Opinion: Finally, CDC Starts to Get Covid Right

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Joel Whitaker

After two years of refusing to consider testing as an effective way to curb the spread of Covid, the anti-alcohol Centers for Disease Control & Prevention got around to saying that school children could be in a classroom as long as … Continue reading →

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Covid Update: Fully Vaccinated Adults 65 and Older 94% Less Likely to Be Hospitalized with COVID-19– CDC

Posted on April 28, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention said fully vaccinated adults 65 years and older were 94% less likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than people of the same age who were not vaccinated. People 65 and older who were partially … Continue reading →

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New CDC Director Vows Increased Emphasis on Testing

Posted on January 20, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

More hope for the beleagured bar and restaurant industries.  Dr. Rochelle P. Walendky, who took over the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention,  promised “better, healthier days lie ahead.  But to get there, COVID-19 testing, surveillance, and vaccination must accelerate rapidly.” … Continue reading →

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CDC: Americans Still Drink Too Much

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Joel Whitaker

Here we are, roughly five months into the Covid-19 epidemic in the U.S. and the virus has already killed killed 151,794 people in the U.S, according to Johns Hopkins University’s Covid tracker. So what is the anti-alcohol Centers for Disease Control … Continue reading →

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CDC’s Budget to Control Infectious Diseases Slashed 75%, But Its Anti-Alcohol Programs Continued Full Strength

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Joel Whitaker

Infectious diseases or a jihad against alcohol. It shouldn’t be hard to figure out where government should put its money. But in the “restricted budget environment in which our government operates today, funding to meet these pandemics has fallen” to … Continue reading →

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