AND A SENIOR OFFICIAL WITH THE US PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, PART OF HHS, REFUSING TO SAY HOW MANY DETAINEES WERE INFECTED, ALLEGEDLY TELLING VOLUNTEERS AT A “TOWN HALL” MEETING: “IF THAT GRAPH [OF INFECTIONS] IS GOING TO THE WASHINGTON POST EVERY DAY, IT’S THE ONLY THING WE’LL BE DEALING WITH AND POLITICS WILL TAKE OVER, PERCEPTION WILL TAKE OVER, AND WE’RE ABOUT
REALITY, NOT PERCEPTION.”