Surpringly (at least to me) it looks like they actually have quite a bit of authority.
United States Federal Laws and Regulations for Control of Communicable Diseases
United States Code
The United States Code is a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. Sections 264-272 of the following portion of the code apply: Title 42 – The Public Health and Welfare, Chapter 6A – Public Health Service, Subchapter II – General Powers and Duties, Part G – Quarantine and Inspection. Links are provided by the Government Printing Officeexternal icon.
"According to RFK Jr., the CDC is not an independent government agency but is actually a subsidiary of Big Pharma.
Greenmedinfo.com reports: Mr. Kennedy told EcoWatch, “The CDC is a subsidiary of the pharmaceutical industry. The agency owns more than 20 vaccine patents and purchases and sells $4.1 billion in vaccines annually.”
CDC is also listed on Dunn & Bradstreet (only for private companies) as a for-profit company.
That's very interesting. However, given what the Supreme Court has already said about masking, I highly doubt any attempts to challenge the CDC mandate is going to be successful. We'll see though, if lots of people aren't complying, they'll probably give up enforcing it. Wouldn't want to be one of the people they make an example out of though.
No respect for rule-of-law allows the Left to go full on communism. Agencies enforce laws...they do not to create them.
Surpringly (at least to me) it looks like they actually have quite a bit of authority.
https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/specificlawsregulations.html
"According to RFK Jr., the CDC is not an independent government agency but is actually a subsidiary of Big Pharma.
Greenmedinfo.com reports: Mr. Kennedy told EcoWatch, “The CDC is a subsidiary of the pharmaceutical industry. The agency owns more than 20 vaccine patents and purchases and sells $4.1 billion in vaccines annually.”
CDC is also listed on Dunn & Bradstreet (only for private companies) as a for-profit company.
That's very interesting. However, given what the Supreme Court has already said about masking, I highly doubt any attempts to challenge the CDC mandate is going to be successful. We'll see though, if lots of people aren't complying, they'll probably give up enforcing it. Wouldn't want to be one of the people they make an example out of though.