How a single judge's ruling upended national covid policy

[mahatmakanejeeves]

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How a single judge’s ruling upended national covid policy
The Monday decision provided the latest example of how an individual jurist — and a single lawsuit, seemingly filed in the right place at the right time — can

[Hoyt]

1. I think judge was correct, CDC should not be able to mandate masks or anything else. The Executive

The Executive Branch -- with input from CDC and any other agency or person -- ought to have that authority.

Besides, CDC has not been particulary stellar in its COVID performance. Screwed up policies on masks early on, and royally screwed up testing. I'm sure trump is partly responsible. But, CDC should not have authority to issue mandates.

[Blues Heron]

2. CDC is in the executive branch I think

Part of HHS

[Hoyt]

3. However they are not THE Executive Branch, or anything close.

As a practical matter, a Prez could replace the Agency head, but seems to me the judge ruled CDC does not have authority to issue a mandate. I agree with that.

I support mask mandates, although not sure it is absolutely necessary at this point.

[asiliveandbreathe]

4. How Did CDC get the authority -

In 2000, the HHS Secretary transferred the FDA’s interstate quarantine authority over persons to the CDC, consolidating all quarantine authority—foreign and interstate—over persons to the CDC. The CDC and the FDA retain concurrent regulatory authority over animals and other products that may transmit or spread communicable diseases, with the CDC exercising foreign quarantine authority and the FDA exercising interstate quarantine authority.

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/r/r46758?msclkid=92e8d9c2c1c411ecbf6ee3e2b9466623

Donna Shalala HHS Secretary in 2000..

The link provides info all the way back to the civil war..

[Marthe48]

5. No one can legislate health

Germs don't care. Viruses don't care. They don't stop spreading, maiming, killing because a judge or lawmaker or Joe Blow said something like Covid-19 is over.

The people who are anti-mask, anti-vaccinination are full of crap.