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>Why are you trying to paint that as doctors lying?

the exact wording I use was "downplay", not "lying".

>The headline is accurate, at that point in time nothing about the virus was clear. The only portion of this article that even tries to downplay anything about China is this portion which as far as I know is still accurate.

Even though the headline is technically accurate, the "downplay" part comes from the CDC trying to imply that the risk was low.

"Messonnier repeated her message that the immediate risk to the US public is low at this point."