CDC

7 statements across 4 episodes · 0 bullish · 6 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Mar 13, 2020 by Balaji Srinivasan · across every show →

Everything said about CDC, oldest first

Mar 13, 2020 negative
Assertion Supported
The CDC was bottlenecked to running only 12 coronavirus tests per day
“CDC itself was doing 12 tests a day, and that basically meant, you know, for a country of three hundred million people that's testing 12 a day, that's a centralized bottleneck.”
Balaji Srinivasan Mar 13, 2020 ▶ 1:02:57 #78 Balaji Srinivasan: Exploring COVID-19
Mar 13, 2020 negative
Assertion Supported
CDC's early COVID-19 PCR test failed due to bugs across three loci
“The actual CDC test looks at this, not just for one locus, but for three loci, meaning three different spots on the virus's genome. One of those spots, I believe, is for all coronavirus, and two loci are specific to this SARS-CoV-CoV-II virus, the virus that c…”
Balaji Srinivasan Mar 13, 2020 ▶ 14:40 #78 Balaji Srinivasan: Exploring COVID-19
Nov 16, 2021 negative
Opinion
Rushkoff: CDC and Fauci communicate for patient compliance, not pure accuracy
“The CDC is not thinking in terms of giving the public accurate information. The CDC is like, Our doctor trying to tell us the things that they need to tell us to get us to take our medicine. And that's different than journalism. You know, when I look at Fauci,…”
Douglas Rushkoff Nov 16, 2021 ▶ 16:34 #124 Douglas Rushkoff: The Perils of Modern Media
Oct 18, 2022 negative
Assertion Supported
Pasricha: CDC reports US suicide rates are highest since WWII
“The CDC says they have not seen murder, not murder rates, suicide rates this high since World War II.”
Neil Pasricha Oct 18, 2022 ▶ 5:01 Neil Pasricha: Simple Rules for Happiness
Oct 18, 2022 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Pasricha: US suicide rate is 14 per 100k, double the murder rate
“The CDC is now saying that suicide rates are around 14 per a 100,000. Just to compare, murder rates are around six per a 100,000, so we are two to three times more dangerous to ourselves than anybody else is to us.”
Neil Pasricha Oct 18, 2022 ▶ 4:48 Neil Pasricha: Simple Rules for Happiness
May 21, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
CDC Finds One in Six Young American Children Have Mental Diagnoses
“In 2016, the CDC came out with a report that one in six American children between the ages of two and eight had a mental health or behavioral diagnosis.”
Abigail Shrier May 21, 2024 ▶ 49:03 Abigail Shrier: Why the Kids Aren’t Alright
May 21, 2024 negative
Assertion Supported
CDC Research Shows Normalizing Suicide Discussions Increases Youth Suicide
“The CDC has great research on this, which is that if you present, if you normalize suicide with kids, if you present it as a means of coping with distress, you know, basically telegraphing, this is something other kids are doing. When they feel sad, you consta…”
Abigail Shrier May 21, 2024 ▶ 27:42 Abigail Shrier: Why the Kids Aren’t Alright
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