CDC bought access to Americans’ phone location data to monitor compliance with lockdowns, social distancing, and more, contracts show

The bureaucrats at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention bought data from tracking companies to monitor Americans’ locations in real-time during the reign of COVID, according to contracts obtained by the Epoch Times.

The CDC paid $420,000 to one company and $208,000 to another, gaining access to location data from a minimum of 55 million cellphone users, the purchase orders show.

The shocking and unsettling contracts were approved under emergency rules granted because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The CDC’s stated purpose for purchasing the location data of American citizens was as follows, and I quote: