Acting CDC director says US Ebola response more justified than COVID measures

Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Jay Bhattacharya defended the Trump administration’s response to the Ebola outbreak Thursday, writing in The Wall Street Journal that the measures being taken are scientifically stronger than those implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bhattacharya said the COVID-19 public health response measures such as “lockdowns,” school closures, and mask...