CDC official told House Coronavirus Select Committee she was ordered to delete email suggesting political concerns behind effort to change data about coronavirus and children.

 

Response from an HHS spokesperson:

The "characterization of the conversation with Dr. Kent is irresponsible. We urge the Subcommittee to release the transcript in full which will show that during her testimony Dr. Kent repeatedly said there was no political interference"

— Heidi Przybyla (@HeidiNBC) December 10, 2020

Read the full letter here, with the transcribed interview in which she testified she was told to delete the information (in the appendix after the letter)https://t.co/X5KW7RSH80

— Heidi Przybyla (@HeidiNBC) December 10, 2020