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Hmmm...
Between the CDC that projected 1.2 million deaths back in March...
Or the President who predicted that Covid-19 would disappear like a miracle when the weather got warmer...
Yeah, I'll stick with the CDC on this one.
"Why should they be trusted with numbers"? Because the CDC are the doctors, and the White House isn't. The doctors may not be perfect, but they are infinitely more qualified in this arena than non-doctor Trump and his non-doctor political appointees.
As for the 1.2 million deaths, hey, there's still time on the clock, we just might get there yet.
CDC is a bureaucratic agency given to funding pressure just like any other government agency. Don't care how many doctors they have. Doctors, especially those on the government dole, want to get paid and naturally are not inclined to bite the hands that feed them. It's not just the executive branch that pulls the financial strings. The Democratic controlled House controls the purse strings at the moment. CDC will follow who butters their bread.