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Re: Public health data disappeared. RestoredCDC.org is bringing it back

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Post by gjsman-1000 »

goblinux wrote: post #30
ginlio wrote: post #23

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The CDC website was gutted in Jan 2025 following the Trump administration’s opening salvo of executive orders. This deprived American (and global) healthcare professionals of valuable information. There has been loss of faith in the CDC and government in general as repositories of scientific literature amongst the healthcare and scientific community, which is why sites like these have popped up Per the about page, wh…

The CDC lost credibility among conservatives in 2021; when they were insisting on masking for all, the 10 person gathering limit was in many states… but for better or worse, they refused to condemn, and downplayed, the health effects of the George Floyd protests happening simultaneously.

This is retaliation against the CDC for implicitly saying you can protest racism in the streets, but cannot attend Thanksgiving with the extended family.

For the downvoters, prove me wrong. Many conservatives have never forgiven the CDC for this. And yes, it’s not reasonable, but when the CDC says vaccines are safe after a stunt like that, the gut response is to be contrarian.

Re: Public health data disappeared. RestoredCDC.org is bringing it back

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Post by aqueueaqueue »

xnx wrote: post #22

Were I rich, I would buy a new tld (.usgov?) where we can recreate all the stuff being destroyed.

It is possible for 1yr TC of many people here. But you need to apply and wait. And the same hostile government, using ICANN, can can your TLD.

Re: Public health data disappeared. RestoredCDC.org is bringing it back

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Post by wizzwizz4 »

redeux wrote: post #8
gotoeleven wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Correctly identifying the systemic causes of poor health outcomes among certain populations isn’t politics.

Yes, it is. It's also science, and also a good thing, but that doesn't stop it from being politics.

> Politics (from Ancient Greek πολιτικά (politiká) 'affairs of the cities') is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of status or resources. ­— Wikipedia

Re: Public health data disappeared. RestoredCDC.org is bringing it back

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Post by reramuyc »

goblinux wrote: post #30
ginlio wrote: post #23

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The CDC website was gutted in Jan 2025 following the Trump administration’s opening salvo of executive orders. This deprived American (and global) healthcare professionals of valuable information. There has been loss of faith in the CDC and government in general as repositories of scientific literature amongst the healthcare and scientific community, which is why sites like these have popped up Per the about page, wh…

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Re: Public health data disappeared. RestoredCDC.org is bringing it back

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Post by ginlio »

goblinux wrote: post #30
ginlio wrote: post #23

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The CDC website was gutted in Jan 2025 following the Trump administration’s opening salvo of executive orders. This deprived American (and global) healthcare professionals of valuable information. There has been loss of faith in the CDC and government in general as repositories of scientific literature amongst the healthcare and scientific community, which is why sites like these have popped up Per the about page, wh…

What's missing from their about page is any detail that would support these claims. A list of changed and deleted pages would be a good start, so we could at least judge for ourselves.

Also how do we know we can trust whoever is running this site? Compared to the Internet Archive which has a long track record of reliably mirroring any page requested or crawled.

Re: Public health data disappeared. RestoredCDC.org is bringing it back

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Post by MathMonkeyMan »

goblinux wrote: post #30
ginlio wrote: post #23

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The CDC website was gutted in Jan 2025 following the Trump administration’s opening salvo of executive orders. This deprived American (and global) healthcare professionals of valuable information. There has been loss of faith in the CDC and government in general as repositories of scientific literature amongst the healthcare and scientific community, which is why sites like these have popped up Per the about page, wh…

> The CDC website was gutted in Jan 2025

I trust that this is true, but a cursory browsing through 2024 outbreaks, for example, shows the same information.

To your parent poster's point, it would be nice to have a damning example like "look at this thing that was taken down." Maybe such examples belong somewhere else, but it might help dissuade skeptics.

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Post by vkou »

trhway wrote: post #28
vkou wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think if you were rich, you'd do us a bigger favor by just buying the USGov.

Musk already did that. Doesn't seem to be working out that well for the "us".

I know absolutely nothing about xnx, which leads to me believe that he'd probably do a far better job with it.

Re: Public health data disappeared. RestoredCDC.org is bringing it back

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Post by apical_dendrite »

ginlio wrote: post #23

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Examples of websites that were removed are available starting on page 6 of this memorandum from the court case [edited to say these are examples of what was removed, it's not a complete list]: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69608613/6/1/doctors-fo...

It's about 6 pages so I won't copy it here, but this was guidance for doctors on issues like HIV prevention, contraception, fertility, and other issues, as well as datasets on which localities are most vulnerable due to social and environmental factors, and guidance on recruiting diverse populations for clinical trials.

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