As CDC staff passed around a link to the April 27 monologue, a federal official told CNN, the message was clear: Noah was kind of right. "The CDC tends to be conservative in its approach, and that sometimes results, I think, in people seeing CDC guidance as just not being practical," another federal official said. "But if you're not willing to make science understandable and practical -- well, then you get the mask guidance." The CDC mask guidance is coming under fire for two main reasons. "[The CDC] is definitely not nimble," the official said, noting that many CDC experts have to review every piece of guidance.

Source: CNN May 13, 2021 10:41 UTC