she has to be getting coached on deliberately not mentioning them at all.
She, the CDC itself, Biden's covid czar (Ashish Jha) etc have been acting like politicians for many months now. I'd say at least 6 months. It's became normalized. I posted a tweet by Noah Smith in this thread. A neolib's tweet reply to it mentioned "political valence". The neolib just plum forgot that the director of the CDC isn't supposed to be political. It skipped his mind because he got so used to every "democrat" doing it.
She, the CDC itself, Biden's covid czar (Ashish Jha) etc have been acting like politicians for many months now. I'd say at least 6 months. It's became normalized. I posted a tweet by Noah Smith in this thread. A neolib's tweet reply to it mentioned "political valence". The neolib just plum forgot that the director of the CDC isn't supposed to be political. It skipped his mind because he got so used to every "democrat" doing it.
I hate that Noah dipshit, he is right up there with Matt Yglesias for being consistently wrong about literally everything.
apolitical bureaucracy is a myth, politics is what the government does