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

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Post by apical_dendrite »

MathMonkeyMan wrote: post #36
goblinux wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Please see pages 6 to 12 in this declaration from the court case for examples of what was taken down. Note that Judge Bates issued a temporary restraining order to the CDC to restore these websites, so it shouldn't look different (except that the CDC put a ridiculous disclaimer on some of the pages) https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69608613/6/1/doctors-fo... [edit - fixed link]

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

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Post by apical_dendrite »

cupcakecommons wrote: post #26

What has actually disappeared? pubmed went down for a little bit - but it's back now. What is all this about?

See pages 6 to 12 of this declaration: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69608613/6/1/doctors-fo...

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

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Post by AlphaSite »

cupcakecommons wrote: post #26

What has actually disappeared? pubmed went down for a little bit - but it's back now. What is all this about?

I don't think this is exhaustive and things have expanded since this was published, but this[1] somewhat covers this

> CDC webpages currently note that the "CDC's website is being modified to comply with President Trump's Executive Orders." Specifically, the CDC has been purging its website of topics related to diversity, gender identity, and LGBTQ issues. In addition, CDC researchers have been ordered to retract papers submitted to journals that use words or phrases like non-binary, transgender, LGBT, pregnant people, and more.

Ive heard HIV and contraception related information was also removed [2].

> Among the many pages that remain down are Health Disparities Among LQBTQ Youth, Interim Clinical Considerations for Use of Vaccine for Mpox Prevention, and Fast Facts: HIV and Transgender People.

Other government sites [3] had similar purges for different topics:

> The Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York alleges the agency illegally scrapped essential webpages without public notice last month, after USDA Director of Digital Communications Peter Rhee ordered staff to archive or publish “any landing pages focused on climate change.”

[1] https://www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/generalobgyn/114078

[2] https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-health/removal-pages-cdc-w...

[3] https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/climate...

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

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Post by ginlio »

apical_dendrite wrote: post #38
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…

Thank you. This is exactly what the site should have listed in its about page. Assuming it's still current.

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

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Post by luxuryballs »

gjsman-1000 wrote: post #31
goblinux wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 wit…

not just conservatives, people who decided we can afford to pay attention and apply critical thinking also lost faith in anything where any combination of 2 or more of the following intersect: corporate profits / medicine / government / politics

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

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Post by gjsman-1000 »

deadeye wrote: post #40
ginlio wrote: post #23

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HN doesn’t like reasonable questions in general. Jeff Geerling once got on the wrong side of HN moderation (falsely accused of spamming); you should see the hate for HN in the comments on his post about it. Many choice words, increasingly completely deserved.

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2022/i-almost-got-banned-h...

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

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Post by sepositus »

mschuster91 wrote: post #16
mrtesthah wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Many Republican legislators are in fact being coerced with threats of violence. https://www.vox.com/23899688/2024-election-republican-primar... https://dailyboulder.com/lifelong-republican-receiving-death... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/27/republicans-...

> “You need to do your fucking job right because other people from other states are watching your ass,” the man allegedly said in a voicemail. “You fucking renege on this deal or give them any more troubles, your ass will never make it to your next little board meeting.” German election official with about one and a half decades of experience here: That's helluvalot disturbing. This is mafia mentality, this is shit I…

Interesting question. Why didn’t America fail right off the bat with this problem? What has changed that this type of behavior is becoming increasingly common?

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

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Post by beowulfey »

For those wondering why this exists: many of the pages that were formerly listed on the CDC website have been disappearing, likely in response to recent executive orders, though this has not been made explicit.

As an example, I checked the Women's Health page and noticed a lot of removals -- the pages on menstrual health and hygiene ([1] vs [2]), or the page summarizing health disease statistics in women ([3] vs [4]). That's just from 5 minutes of glancing through, and there are probably many others.

It is useful to compare the differences between the two sites, but it would definitely benefit from a list of what has been changed. Right now this primarily helps doctors and scientists who need to access data they already knew about (i.e. via bookmarks) but is less useful for observing patterns in what is being censored.

[1]https://www.restoredcdc.org/www.cdc.gov/womens-health/mhh-co...

[2]https://www.cdc.gov/womens-health/mhh-continuing-education/i...

[3]https://www.restoredcdc.org/www.cdc.gov/womens-health/featur...

[4]https://www.cdc.gov/womens-health/features/heart-disease.htm...

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

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Post by cupcakecommons »

AlphaSite wrote: post #43
cupcakecommons wrote: post #26

What has actually disappeared? pubmed went down for a little bit - but it's back now. What is all this about?

I don't think this is exhaustive and things have expanded since this was published, but this[1] somewhat covers this > CDC webpages currently note that the "CDC's website is being modified to comply with President Trump's Executive Orders." Specifically, the CDC has been purging its website of topics related to diversity, gender identity, and LGBTQ issues. In addition, CDC researchers have been ordered to retract pap…

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