The State Department and a Trump official wanted 14 patients with coronavirus to fly home with the rest of the cruise passengers. The CDC objected, lost & demanded to be taken off the news release. @ByLenaSun @LennyMBernstein @ShibaniMahtani @JoelAchenbach https://t.co/kLD8WDfEDD

— Laura Helmuth (@laurahelmuth) February 20, 2020