The liberal media might not voice much outrage at this point for political reasons but it's clear that the CDC is in trouble. It's alleged that CDC doctors invested in the Chinese research that resulted in the Covid outbreak and then covered it up and accused the president of being racist when evidence indicated the monstrosity escaped from a Chinese lab. The best way for the CDC to deflect criticism and charges of possible criminal behavior is to create a sensational story about an alien invasion or a potential outbreak of a worse plague. Apparently they chose the plague scenario.