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To: Trump administration
The White House must publicly disclose contact tracing for its Supreme Court super-spreader event
At least 3 Senate Republicans, Donald Trump and his senior staff, as well as numerous other attendees of Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination event all have tested positive for coronavirus.
If they were committed to safety, they would immediately implement contact tracing and encourage attendees to self-quarantine. Instead, Trump and his administration are refusing to follow CDC guidelines, because they don’t want to reveal the truth of how many people have been infected or exposed at the Rose Garden event.
The White House is now a coronavirus hotspot, and the public deserves complete public disclosure of contact tracing of all attendees and staff for this super-spreader event. Tell the Trump administration not to reject the CDC’s request to conduct contact tracing.
If they were committed to safety, they would immediately implement contact tracing and encourage attendees to self-quarantine. Instead, Trump and his administration are refusing to follow CDC guidelines, because they don’t want to reveal the truth of how many people have been infected or exposed at the Rose Garden event.
The White House is now a coronavirus hotspot, and the public deserves complete public disclosure of contact tracing of all attendees and staff for this super-spreader event. Tell the Trump administration not to reject the CDC’s request to conduct contact tracing.
Why is this important?
In an effort to jam through a Supreme Court nomination one month prior to the election, Donald Trump and Senate Republicans held a celebration in the Rose Garden to announce Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination. With the proliferation of covid cases among attendees, we now know that this was likely a coronavirus super-spreader event.
Since this event, Donald Trump and his high-level staff, 3 Senate Republicans, Melania Trump, the Press Secretary, as well as numerous other attendees have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Senate Republicans and the Trump administration ignored the severity of this disease and held an event with no masks, no social distancing, and no adherence to CDC guidelines. Their attempt to grab power and use this moment to take away healthcare for millions has led to a further spread of this infectious disease.
Instead of admitting the public harm caused by this event and encouraging those who may have been exposed to self-quarantine, Trump and Republicans are attempting to evade public accountability and downplay the reality of how dangerous this event was by refusing transparent contact tracing.
This is a clear attempt to hide the recklessness of this administration and Senate Republicans during a global pandemic and is confusing millions of Americans who see that Trump and his political allies put others at risk and undermine public safety measures--including those taken by senior military leaders and public health experts at the CDC.
This is unacceptable, and the first step towards accountability, transparency, and protecting anyone who was exposed--from White House staff to journalists to political operatives--is to immediately begin contact tracing, as the CDC recommends, and publicly share the results so that we can all know who has been put at risk due to this superspreader event.
Since this event, Donald Trump and his high-level staff, 3 Senate Republicans, Melania Trump, the Press Secretary, as well as numerous other attendees have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Senate Republicans and the Trump administration ignored the severity of this disease and held an event with no masks, no social distancing, and no adherence to CDC guidelines. Their attempt to grab power and use this moment to take away healthcare for millions has led to a further spread of this infectious disease.
Instead of admitting the public harm caused by this event and encouraging those who may have been exposed to self-quarantine, Trump and Republicans are attempting to evade public accountability and downplay the reality of how dangerous this event was by refusing transparent contact tracing.
This is a clear attempt to hide the recklessness of this administration and Senate Republicans during a global pandemic and is confusing millions of Americans who see that Trump and his political allies put others at risk and undermine public safety measures--including those taken by senior military leaders and public health experts at the CDC.
This is unacceptable, and the first step towards accountability, transparency, and protecting anyone who was exposed--from White House staff to journalists to political operatives--is to immediately begin contact tracing, as the CDC recommends, and publicly share the results so that we can all know who has been put at risk due to this superspreader event.