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[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 153 points 4 days ago (6 children)

MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) has been put on hold, for the first time in it's 60 year history.

"On January 23, 2025, the CDC failed to release a new weekly issue of MMWR for the first time in the publication's over 60-year history. The failure was a direct result of the second Trump administration ordering an indefinite "pause" on public communications by all branches of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. "Preventing CDC from publishing scientific data via the MMWR represents a radical departure from protocol that will undermine the public's trust in the Trump Administration," Jennifer Nuzzo, who runs the Pandemic Center at Brown University, wrote.[25]"

But yeah, it's all cool. /s No IT'S NOT! I'm not sure how this can undermine public trust, if there wasn't any to begin with. It only confirms that disaster will be arriving soon. And the Fed isn't going to be much help. Work within your communities, mutual aid will be what keeps us afloat.

For example: https://mastodon.social/@Bellison22/113900490620796296 and: https://www.theskimm.com/news/reproductive-rights-gov

[–] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 88 points 4 days ago (4 children)

This is scary. Why would someone want to hide that specific information ahead of time? Also, that someone is a puppet of an enemy state and couldn't have mishandled the previous infectious disease outbreak any worse. And last time, he disbanded the federal epidemic team before COVID came out. This is like evil-villain level foreshadowing.

If you care about your health or your family's health, yall need to move to a blue state quickly and hunker down for the next 4 years. This madman is going to do everything he can to weaken and separate the union. We need to switch from progress to containment mode.

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 29 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Well, there may be an imminent incoming pandemic, or it's just normal fascism things, like turning off all public information and then whitelisting propaganda-safe data to be turned back on when it's vetted. Can't really tell which possibility is a worse sign of things to come.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 32 points 4 days ago

Could be any disaster:

  • turn off WHO
  • disband FEMA
  • disband Aviation Safety Committee

Now there’s no one left to say the administration handles the next disaster poorly

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[–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 130 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The US CDC, one of the crown jewels of American science and democracy, world leader in it's field, savior to millions, ruined by a mobbed up failed casino owner and real estate developer from Queens

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 69 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ruined by Republican voters who would rather make sure the immigrants are punished than survive the next bird flu.

By racists who feel the need to push down their fellow man than save them.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I've already been assured by them that the bird flu doesn't exist.

I should note this is occurring in discussions about egg prices.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 87 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"If you can't see it then it isn't happening!"

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 39 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That's the logic he applied to covid testing.

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[–] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 26 points 3 days ago (9 children)

Can someone explain the benefits that GOP are trying to achieve with this rule? Does the censoring somehow provide an advantage to their popularity?

[–] MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

I think it is part of making government agencies ineffective to prove their ideology that these agencies should be abolished and replaced with private companies (or not at all). That way, they can say come election time, "See? Government can't do these things well. We should eliminate these agencies." Many people will forget they are also the reason the agencies are shitty.

They have tried this with underfunding them in the past mostly. This is a much more direct approach.

[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

At one point Trump literally suggested reducing reported Covid cases by just not testing. They genuinely think the important thing is not to talk about it.

[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Its how conservatism works.

If it makes you feel uncomfortable, sweep it under the rug and ignore it. Nothing is allowed to be bad or need fixing, nothing is allowed to change or be different, thats all scary.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What troubles me the most is that sounds like a very deeply abused person. It's a kind of person that has problems introspecting and managing their emotions. Is that what we're really up against? Is it all just mental illness?

[–] Colonel_Panic_@lemm.ee 3 points 15 hours ago

Yes.

The reason abusers and fascism and authoritarianism and evangelicals and the GOP all strongly overlap is because all those systems are centered around abuse and fear.

All those systems create the problem and then step in to be the hero that saves the day. They set a building on fire then rush in and save a few people to be a hero. And a LOT of people that aren't paying attention only see them as they emerge from the building helping people. They don't see that they started the fire in the first place, that multiple people died, that the building is now ruined. And that is now happening on a large scale on many levels to our country.

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 25 points 3 days ago

Trumps first term was stymied by an extremely inconvenient global pandemic.

He doesn't want to be undermined by subject matter experts again

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[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 59 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Can't have a crisis if we don't call it a crisis.

[–] Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 32 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Special Health Exercise

[–] David_Eight@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago

Three days tops.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 34 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Kansas currently has an outbreak of drug resistant TB.

There’s also the possibility of pulling coverage of PREP/doxy/other medications designed to prevent STIs from insurance coverage. This would devastate the gay community, which is why they would do it.

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[–] IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 70 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Shit we already seeing it real time. Facebook recently banned anything related to Linux.

[–] sploosh@lemmy.world 73 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 11 points 3 days ago

Zuck & Microsoft can eat my self hosted dongle.

[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 34 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Lolwut?

I deleted my Facebook some years ago, and so don't have the means to double check this. Is this for real?

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[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 27 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Linux is all too woke for Fascistbook with the penguins, furries, and long socks.

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[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 57 points 4 days ago (3 children)

So are any CDC staff working on ways to get word out on threats outside of the officially-gagged channels?

I would rather they don't lose their jobs by doing so, but civil disobedience is absolutely called for here.

[–] boogiebored@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago

They want to outsource and privatize everything, lining their friends pockets and getting kickbacks. “Small government”, huge industrial complex contractor.

[–] veniasilente@lemm.ee 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I would presume they can use their personal accounts. Or set up an alternate org outside of US jurisdiction.

[–] veniasilente@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

Well, it seems it's already set up:

https://peoplescdc.org/

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[–] asg101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 43 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ignorance Is Strength!

In a country where being asleep is seen as better than being woke, you get what you deserve.

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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 52 points 4 days ago (7 children)

well, I hope we don't end up having a global lockdown again, but if we do, I'll be sure to call it the America Pox or Trump Flu or something polemic

[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 35 points 4 days ago (6 children)

There won't be lock downs in the US this time.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 26 points 4 days ago (6 children)

States and cities still can. Buisnesses can decide to as well. Groups and individuals can also lock themselves down. Basically: communities.

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[–] nl4real@lemmy.world 29 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What historic disease do y'all plan on catching in the new post-medicine era? Consumption looking hot this time of year! Trollface

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[–] 211@sopuli.xyz 42 points 4 days ago (3 children)

This seems like a good thread to ask someone to find/make a RSS feed of WHO Disease Outbreak News. https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news

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[–] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

*American federal health agencies.

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[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago

Package may contain up to 52 bug parts and or swine flu.

Easy!

[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

Is there a non profit that can take over? Or a state(s) agency that can help out?

Just because the federal government decides they don't want to do a thing doesn't mean states can't do it (or heck local community).

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 21 points 4 days ago (2 children)

This is true, but it's worth recognizing that a lot of the states, nonprofits, and local agencies rely on government studies and reports to make their own assessments.

With the government staying silent, it's going to be more difficult to get a sense of what's happening and what to do as a result. Not impossible, but the infrastructure isn't necessarily in place, because nobody prepared for the federal government to be this adversarial to public health and safety.

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