Former CDC directors: No president ever politicized science the way Trump has

Four former directors of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have written they have not seen a president politicize science the way President Donald Trump has.

"The four of us led the CDC over a period of more than 15 years, spanning Republican and Democratic administrations alike. We cannot recall over our collective tenure a single time when political pressure led to a change in the interpretation of scientific evidence," the former directors wrote in an op-ed published in Washington Post.

They urged the Trump administration to give the CDC its proper role in guiding the country's coronavirus response.

"It is not too late to give the CDC its proper role in guiding this response. But the clock is ticking," they wrote.