We are 360+ former EIS officers calling for an empowered CDC to take charge of the COVID-19 response medium.com/@eis1984/open-… #EIS #EISOfficers #CDC @BhadeliaMD @nhochMD @TimLaheyMD @choo_ek @eliowa @mike_edmond @apc_md @SanjatKanjilal @chngin_the_wrld

Missed this yesterday: Open Letter from CDC current and former staff: ."We hereby express our concern about the ominous politicization and silencing of the nation’s health protection agency during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic"

Worth reading this letter signed by >1000 of the biggest names in the field: @DocJeffD David Morens, Jeff Koplan, @UNMC_DrKhan Etc. (Just from first skim)

We are 342 former EIS officers at CDC (and counting) who have signed this letter supporting the agency. Drs. Birx and Redfield, are you listening? medium.com/@eis1984/open-… cc @CDCDirector @DrTomFrieden @CDC_NCEZID @CDCgov @CDCGlobal @CDC_HIVAIDS

More than 1,000 current and former CDC officers sign an open letter decrying the politicization of the agency.

1,000+ current and former CDC epidemic intelligence officers have signed an open letter that condemns "the ominous politicization" of the agency throughout the #coronavirus pandemic... (EIS)

The absence of national leadership in responding to #COVID19 is unprecedented and dangerous- signed by *1000* #CDC #publichealth officers