09-12-2020, 10:29 AM
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.
-- Warren Buffett
One would hope that with competent management, the damage can be repaired, but a) the precedent having been set, the temptation to continue to meddle (whether by a Democratic or Republican administration) will remain high, and the willingness to accept meddling will continue and b) because of a, the next time that the CDC reports something that someone doesn't like through the MMWR, there will be a temptation to ask whether the data has been meddled with.
BC
-- Warren Buffett
One would hope that with competent management, the damage can be repaired, but a) the precedent having been set, the temptation to continue to meddle (whether by a Democratic or Republican administration) will remain high, and the willingness to accept meddling will continue and b) because of a, the next time that the CDC reports something that someone doesn't like through the MMWR, there will be a temptation to ask whether the data has been meddled with.
BC