A serious note folks. The CDC is primarily a research agency and a resource agency serving the government, doctors and other health professionals, and hospitals. It does not have statutory authority to issue orders, only recommendations. It doesn't have the kinds of authority needed to give orders like the FCC, FAA, ICC, CPSC, etc, etc. While almost everyone in the medical field takes their pronouncements and recommendations seriously, they are only that, recommendations. I felt it necessary to repeat this to make it clear. It seems that some posters in this thread have overly high expectations of what the CDC is capable of, and allowed to do.
Dave Anderson
Chester, NH