And Another One
The beleaguered agency has formally walked back its claim that asymptomatic people don’t necessarily need testing, in a new indication it’s breaking from Trump.
Erin Banco is a national security reporter for The Daily Beast and holds a master's degree from the Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. She has worked as a Middle East correspondent for Newsweek Media Group and as a freelance journalist in Iraq, Egypt, Turkey, and Syria. Her work can be found in The New York Times, Newsweek Magazine, CNN, and The Intercept. Send her tips: erin.banco@thedailybeast.com or tips@thedailybeast.com. You can also use our anonymous document submission system, SecureDrop. Click here to find out how.
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SAY NOTHING
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