Plus China's demographic crisis and an Australian Open without Djokovic View in browser | nytimes.com Continue reading the main story January 17, 2022 By Whet Moser Writer/Editor, Briefings Good evening. Here's the latest at the end of Monday. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, left, director of the C.D.C., in Washington last week. Pool photo by Shawn Thew 1. The C.D.C. is struggling to make tough decisions with scant data. At the onset of the pandemic, the agency stuck with its famously methodical and meticulous scientific approach, at a cost: Testing and surveillance lagged, and officials were late to recommend crucial safeguards like masking. Now, because of the Omicron variant, the agency is making decisions at a breakneck pace. The agency has issued recommendations based on what once would have been considered insufficient evidence and skipped much of the traditional scientific review process, most recently in shortening the isolation period for infected Americans. The chall...
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