CDC
12 statements across 10 episodes · 1 bullish · 7 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Mar 15, 2020 by Chamath Palihapitiya · across every show →
Everything said about CDC, oldest first
Mar 15, 2020 negative
Chamath: Trump's early COVID-19 messaging degraded CDC, HHS, and media responses
“Trump had to draw a line in the sand, which is, I'm not going to threaten my presidency, and so he had to downplay it, and he had to sort of, you know puff up his chest a little bit, and that kind of rhetoric from the president of the United States, whether yo…”
Apr 11, 2020 negative
Sacks: Public health agency responses amount to malpractice and negligence
“But if by health system, we mean the FDA, the CDC the WHO, which is part of the U S system, but we do rely on them to some extent. You've just seen, I think, you know, amazing really malpractice or negligence. If they were a pharma company, I think they'd be s…”
Apr 11, 2020 negative
Sacks: CDC published blatantly untrue guidance on masks and social distancing
“You have to, you know, you have on the CDC website things that, I haven't checked it today, but as of a few days ago are just blatantly not true. I mean, saying that you only needed a mask if you were actually taking care of a person with COVID-nineteen, that …”
May 1, 2021 positive
Sacks: Vaccinated Americans are more likely to be struck by lightning
“So, out of eighty-seven million people who've been vaccinated, there have only been 408 serious cases, which would be, you'd count as hospitalization or death, Related to COVID. So those are odds of one in 213,000. The odds of being hit by lightning are one in…”
May 13, 2021 negative
May 13, 2021 negative
Dec 29, 2021 negative
Feb 5, 2022
Jun 1, 2022
Oct 8, 2024
Aug 29, 2025 neutral
Jan 13, 2026 negative
Carolla: Union pressure forced Rochelle Walensky to walk back school reopening comments
“At some point, Rochelle Walensky of the CDC announces they should open schools, but that gets shut down. Really quickly by the school unions. And then she announces that she was not speaking officially. That was just sort of her opinion off the record.”