‘Scary and dangerous’: Pelosi blasts CDC for dropping recommendation on COVID-19 testing for asymptomatic people

Published August 26, 2020 5:03pm ET



Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi blasted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for new guidelines on COVID-19 testing that recommend against testing people who were exposed to the virus but don’t have symptoms.

“The CDC guidelines that they put forth are scary and dangerous,” the California Democrat said on a conference call hosted by the Democratic National Committee.

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