3 more states report their first measles cases of 2025 #CDC #Internationaltravel #Kansas #Publichealth
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I am SO OVER THIS! #CDC personnel are as close to doctors/physicians/heath as they can be - working where they work. The public sees them as such.
TO VOLUNTARILY SHUT YOUR MOUTH because #RFKjr SAYS you should is against "do no harm"!!!
They are NOT "forced". They choose to stay silent.
Sorry, but they do. If more had the integrity of their convictions, then more people would understand and more of the population would be up in arms!
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2 days after the lab's scientists received their reduction in force emails, #HHS Secy #RFKJr acknowledged that ~⅕ of the cuts at HHS were made *unintentionally* & some people would be offered their jobs back.
On April 4, the Assn of #PublicHealth Laboratories sent a letter to RFKJr urging HHS to reinstate all personnel in the Division of #Viral #Hepatitis & at the Division of #STD Prevention, another lab at the #CDC that was shuttered.
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…Although 4 new samples have already arrived at the lab & 3 more were waiting in #Florida to be sent, none have been tested by the #CDC. Epidemiologists still at the CDC have been trying to find another place that can do the tests but have been unsuccessful….
…w/o the CDC's scientists to test the genetic material, it will be harder for epidemiologists to confirm whether people w/ #hepatitis C were infected in the same doctor's office or somewhere else where the #virus could still be spreading….
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The email said their duties were "identified as either unnecessary or virtually identical to duties being performed elsewhere in the agency." But the #genetic #tracing that the #CDC's lab performs is not conducted by any lab in the #UnitedStates or the #world….
While it remains shuttered, ongoing investigations of current #hepatitis #outbreaks have been stalled, not just in #Florida, but also in #Oregon, #Pennsylvania, #Massachusetts, #NewMexico, #Wisconsin, #WestVirginia & #Georgia….
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But on April 1, the #outbreak investigation was brought to a halt. All 27 of the lab's scientists received an email from the #HHS informing them that they were losing their #jobs. Like thousands of other employees who received similar emails that day, the scientists were told they would be placed on administrative leave until June 2, after which they would no longer work for the #CDC.
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The scientists at the lab knew what they were doing. Quickly, they analyzed the blood from #Florida using their custom software & found that 9 cases were genetically linked to the same pain clinic, where it was later discovered that a doctor was improperly reusing injection vials. By March, ofcls in FL had restricted the doctor's #medical license to limit the spread of the #virus & packaged new patient samples to send to the #CDC for testing…
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The #hepatitis C #virus, which is spread through contact w/infected blood & can lead to #deadly liver #cancer, is notoriously hard to identify. But if anyone could understand what was #happening in FL, it would be the Division of #ViralHepatitis in the #CDC's HQ.
Using samples from the lab's collection of nearly 1M frozen specimens, scientists helped make the initial discovery of the #HepatitisC virus in the 1980s. In 2020, that #research was awarded the #NobelPrize in #Medicine.
#Trump #science
In the middle of a #hepatitis #outbreak, #CDC shutters the one lab that could help
After people started testing positive for #HepatitisC in a coastal #Florida town in December, state ofcls collected blood from patients, wrapped their specimens in dry ice & mailed them straight to the CDC in ATL, GA.
#Trump #RFKJr #Musk #DOGE #cuts #idiocracy #kakistocracy #law #USpol #science #medicine #disease
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/nx-s1-5355131/hepatitis-cdc-lab-outbreak-ghost
"The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has scrapped a plan to offer help curbing measles in Texas schools after some staff working on the agency's response to this year's record outbreak of the virus were warned they could face layoffs, an agency employee said."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-scraps-plan-to-help-texas-schools-curb-measles-more-layoffs-loom/
RIP #CDC
“Fleming noted that he was particularly concerned that #HIV prevention efforts had been “substantially cut,” that the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (#NIOSH ) is ‘essentially gone,’ and that staff members who worked on cancer clustershad been fired.”
“The April 2 letter also listed asthma, tobacco use, violence prevention, lead poisoning, reproductive health, global health threats, birth defects, and #disability and injury prevention as CDC programs affected by the firings.”
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2833210
Charity streams are nice in my IMO. Be it through art and video games, I want to help lead people to the right direction. For instance the DEBRA UK and debra of America, these sister organizations are raising money for further research and treatment for EB.
Mayo Clinic-Epidermolysis bullosa (ep-ih-dur-MOL-uh-sis buhl-LOE-sah) is a rare condition that causes fragile, blistering skin.
Did you notice that Covid dot gov now redirects to a Trump-branded lab leak page?
“I just would like to compliment the branding. It’s truly a triumph of graphic design but most of these points are not accurate.” - virologist Angela Rasmussen
More from @STAT https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/18/covid-lab-leak-theory-trump-replaces-pandemic-guidance-website-with-disputed-claims-alleged-coverup/
STAT · White House trumpets Covid lab leak theory on web page that was devoted to health informationCovid.com used to give information about managing the disease. The White House is using it to trumpet the much-disputed Covid lab leak theory.
The number of confirmed #measles cases in the US this year — an unknown fraction of the true total — has hit 800, per #CDC, making this the 2nd worst year for measles since the virus was eliminated in 2000. And the year is young.
The count in Texas is just under 600. https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html
Measles (Rubeola)Measles Cases and Outbreaks
#Flu season is mostly over, but #CDC is still hearing of pediatric flu deaths from this winter; 10 more were reported in the week ending 4/12. Brings the year's total to 198. Reports come in on a delay; there will likely be more. One of the worst years since CDC started collecting peds deaths data.
https://www.cdc.gov/fluview/surveillance/2025-week-15.html
FluViewWeekly US Influenza Surveillance Report: Key Updates for Week 15, ending April 12, 2025
Thousands of Urine and Tissue Samples Are in Danger of Rotting After Staff Cuts at a CDC Laboratory
https://www.wired.com/story/cdc-job-cuts-niosh-human-samples/ #Science #Politics #CDC #Medicine #Research #Biology #PublicHealth #DOGE #Government
WIRED · Thousands of Urine and Tissue Samples Are in Danger of Rotting After Staff Cuts at a CDC Laboratory
Samples from recent hepatitis C outbreak in Florida can't be analyzed because the CDC lab doing the research has been closed by trump administration.
They are going to kill us all.
#CDC
#hepatitisaoutbreak
#florida
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/nx-s1-5355131/hepatitis-cdc-lab-outbreak-ghost
#CDC makes philosophers, #Freeman makes heroes, #Zoidswild makes sages.
New: FDA staff walk out on RFK, study links #Covid to car crashes (similar to driving drunk), N95 respirator use significantly lowers hospital costs & carbon footprint, a new variant warning, I explain what to expect re: upcoming CDC vaccine decisions, and more:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/covid-april-17-126843911
Please share! #LongCovid #CDC #birdflu #health
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“It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and R.F.K. Jr. very fast.”
~ Seth Rogen
Elliot Kirschner thinks Rogen's reference to $320 million is to the total amount given by the Breakthrough Prize to scientists over the years. Rogen made the comment at the recent awards ceremony for that prize.
#WhoopingCough #measles #vaccines #RFKJr #Trump #vaccination #CDC #HHS #science #medicine #healthcare
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Through the Fog, by Elliot Kirschner · It’s No Joke