“[Acting CDC Director] Mr. O’Neill carved out a career in Silicon Valley, working closely with Peter Thiel, the billionaire and Republican megadonor…
During the Covid pandemic, he indicated support for a number of unproven coronavirus treatments and preventives, including ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine and vitamin D. He has also been critical of vaccine mandates and the Biden administration’s response to the pandemic.”
#giftlink #nytimes #cdc
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/health/james-oneill-cdc.html?unlocked_article_code=1.iE8.V2Lr.4TC0kfPqwhie&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Greg Lloyd
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#GiftArticle
That didn’t take long…
‘It Feels Like the #CDC Is Over’
The CDC’s departing leaders discuss the agency’s future—or lack thereof.
By Tom Bartlett
#Trump#RFKJr#ConspiracyTheories#AntiVax #eugenics #disinformation#HealthyIfYoureWealthy#Aporophobia#SocialCleansing#EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy#PublicHealth#Health #vaccines #science #medicine #policy#USpol
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/08/cdc-resignations-tipping-point/684038/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxb3iptRElGDyBA80yCQGKb4
#GiftArticle
That didn’t take long…
‘It Feels Like the #CDC Is Over’
The CDC’s departing leaders discuss the agency’s future—or lack thereof.
By Tom Bartlett
#Trump#RFKJr#ConspiracyTheories#AntiVax #eugenics #disinformation#HealthyIfYoureWealthy#Aporophobia#SocialCleansing#EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy#PublicHealth#Health #vaccines #science #medicine #policy#USpol
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/08/cdc-resignations-tipping-point/684038/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxb3iptRElGDyBA80yCQGKb4
vruz
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FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Lawrence Gostin, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on National and Global Health Law, about CDC Director Susan Monarez's firing by Donald Trump. He says that the latest development is 'a very dangerous moment for the United States' and part of a 'systematic assault on science, public health and vaccinations'.
#CDC#Trump #vaccines#PublicHealth #science
FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Lawrence Gostin, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on National and Global Health Law, about CDC Director Susan Monarez's firing by Donald Trump. He says that the latest development is 'a very dangerous moment for the United States' and part of a 'systematic assault on science, public health and vaccinations'.
#CDC#Trump #vaccines#PublicHealth #science
#Vaccinations#CDC
Antivaxxers, ignoramuses and vulgarians are in the process of destroying the CDC.
I have copies of the January 2025 vaccination schedule, as approved by ACIP in October 2024, and the respective MMWR publication, i.e. the status before things get altered.
bhaugen
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Top #CDC leaders quit in anger and heartbreak. One of them writes that she is "not able to serve in this role any longer because of the ongoing weaponizing of public health."
https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/117189?
Top #CDC leaders quit in anger and heartbreak. One of them writes that she is "not able to serve in this role any longer because of the ongoing weaponizing of public health."
https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/117189?
A case of infection with the flesh-eating screwworm has been identified in a person who traveled to the United States from Guatemala, sources have said, amid fears over the parasite's impact on the U.S. beef industry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/25/world/science-health/human-screwworm-us-guatemala/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth#screwworms #agriculture #guatemala #us #dairyindustry #cdc
Truly an amazing time at #DEFCON33 as we launched #TechReclaimers ! Thanks to the incomparable @thegibson and the entire family at #HackersTown , friends at #EFF and #CdC for the extra magic! Video of our presentation hopefully up soon enough ...
And now, to work!
You can sign up for notices from Tech Reclaimers as we gear up for sociotechnical change at: @TheBulletin
Tom
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Organizations including the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Infections Diseases Society of America have been told their experts are being removed from the CDC's Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. An email informing them said they are "special interest groups and therefore are expected to have a 'bias' based on their constituency and/or population that they represent." Here's more from @AssociatedPress.
Organizations including the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Infections Diseases Society of America have been told their experts are being removed from the CDC's Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. An email informing them said they are "special interest groups and therefore are expected to have a 'bias' based on their constituency and/or population that they represent." Here's more from @AssociatedPress.
joene 🏴🍉
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Boy, antivaxxer attempting a mass shooting at the CDC and killing a police officer has been just buried in the news.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/active-shooter-reported-atlanta-emory-university-cdc/
Boy, antivaxxer attempting a mass shooting at the CDC and killing a police officer has been just buried in the news.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/active-shooter-reported-atlanta-emory-university-cdc/
“This is taking #political control of a once politically neutral mechanism for #funding #science in the US,” said Joseph Bak-Coleman, a scientist studying group decision-making at the University of Washington.
The changes will delay grant review & approval, slowing “progress for cures & treatments that patients & families across the country urgently need,” said the Association of American Medical Colleges in a statement.
#USpol#Trump#BrainDrain #research #progress #idiocracy #kakistocracy
The admin has already terminated thousands of #research #grants at agencies like the #NSF & #NIH, including on topics like transgender health, vaccine hesitancy, misinformation & diversity, equity & inclusion.
The order could affect emergency relief grants doled out by #FEMA, #PublicSafety initiatives funded by the #DOJ & #PublicHealth efforts supported by the #CDC. Experts say the order is likely to be challenged in court.
#USpol#Trump#BrainDrain #research #progress #idiocracy #kakistocracy
Cory Doctorow
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With #CDC still director-less, Sec. Kennedy has signed off on #ACIP recommendations to require all #flu vaccine for the US market to be #thimerosal free.
He did not, however, sign off on the ACIP recommendation that everyone get a flu shot. That recommendation is "under review." Ditto a recommendation for use of Merck's new monoclonal to protect babies from #RSV.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/07/23/kennedy-approves-acip-recommendation-thimerosal-removed-from-flu-vaccines/
With #CDC still director-less, Sec. Kennedy has signed off on #ACIP recommendations to require all #flu vaccine for the US market to be #thimerosal free.
He did not, however, sign off on the ACIP recommendation that everyone get a flu shot. That recommendation is "under review." Ditto a recommendation for use of Merck's new monoclonal to protect babies from #RSV.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/07/23/kennedy-approves-acip-recommendation-thimerosal-removed-from-flu-vaccines/
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to overhaul an obscure but vital program that underpins the nation’s childhood immunization system.
Depending on what he does, the results could be catastrophic.
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-childhood-vaccines-vicp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
@ProPublica Is RFK Jr. the prime threat to public health & national security?
No! It's the one, who nominated & appointed him, and the ones, who confirmed the deluded conspiracy theorist, who even his own family warned against.
No! It's the one, who nominated & appointed him, and the ones, who confirmed the deluded conspiracy theorist, who even his own family warned against.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/robert-kennedy-jr-shocking-history
#USPol#PublicHealthRisk#Trump#RFKJr#PublicHealth#HHS#CDC#NIH#NationalSecurityThreat#UnseatTheTrumpRegime#USPolitics#RaiseYourVoice #UnitedInDiversity#StrongerTogether#WeThePeople#WeCare
der.hans
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"Archivists Recreate Pre-Trump #CDC Website, Are Hosting It in Europe."
https://www.404media.co/archivists-recreate-pre-trump-cdc-website-are-hosting-it-in-europe/
"A team of volunteer archivists has recreated the Centers for Disease Control website exactly as it was the day Donald Trump was inaugurated. The site, called RestoredCDC.org, went live Tuesday and is currently being hosted in Europe…Restored CDC isn’t going to have continuous updates on this type of healthcare and disease guidance, but it has brought back all of the critical data that was purged in an easy to use, easy to navigate, and fast website."
Here's the site itself.
https://aboutus.restoredcdc.org/
#Censorship#DefendResearch#Medicine#Preservation#Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch#USPol#USPolitics