The CDC Told Them Not to Do This

Editorial Summary

The creator discusses a controversial decision regarding the repatriation of United States citizens from a Princess cruise ship in Yokohama, Japan. According to reports, the United States government sent a plane to fly passengers back to the country, but the Center for Disease Control advised against including fourteen specific individuals who were symptomatic with the virus. The creator explains that the CDC warned that bringing these passengers back posed a risk of spreading the virus to others on the flight. However, the State Department reportedly overruled the medical advice, making the decision to proceed with the flight. The creator notes that the chairman of the CDC requested her name not be attached to the report because the agency believed the decision was unsafe. The video highlights the tension between bureaucratic government officials and medical professionals. The creator concludes by questioning the logic of placing symptomatic individuals in a closed environment for a ten hour flight and suggests that political bureaucracy should not override medical expertise. The video ends by asking viewers for their opinions on whether the passengers should have been kept in Japan to mitigate risk.

Written by TripBacon from this video's transcript.