CDC releases detailed guidance on reopening that had previously been shelved by White House
CNNCNN — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has posted 60 pages of detailed guidelines on how to reopen the United States from coronavirus pandemic stay-at-home orders on the agency’s website. In drafting the document, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights asked the CDC to ease social distancing recommendations for those groups, encouraging federal health officials to let churches congregate, an official involved told CNN last week. This official said the guidelines needed to be more broad – giving the example of “no one should share a cup” versus “don’t share a Communion cup.” A senior CDC official told CNN that references to faith-based guidance were “stripped” from the final document. Based on the original guidance, “no one who is reopening meets the criteria for reopening,” a senior CDC official told CNN at the time. The original CDC guidelines were the result of a request from the White House’s coronavirus task force, specifically Dr. Deborah Birx, a senior CDC official told CNN earlier this month, noting that the White House did not plan on implementing the agency’s guidelines.
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