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CDC director downplays frequent changes to coronavirus guidance

By Cassidy Morrison
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CDC director downplays frequent changes to coronavirus guidance

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield brushed off concerns about the agency’s frequent changes to COVID-19 guidelines in a Senate Health Committee hearing.

Redfield said on Wednesday that changes to the agency’s guidelines, such as a change made in August to say that asymptomatic people do not necessarily need a coronavirus test, can be modified “if the data and science changes.”

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