Merry
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The Trump administration seeks to scrub research papers of forbidden terms and, I presume, to confine research to "proper" lines of inquiry.
My source of information about this is Inside Medicine: https://insidemedicine.substack.com...tack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=email
From the report:
"How many manuscripts are affected is unclear, but it could be many. Most manuscripts include simple demographic information about the populations or patients studied, which typically includes gender (and which is frequently used interchangeably with sex). That means just about any major study would fall under the censorship regime of the new policy, including studies on Covid-19, cancer, heart disease, or anything else, let alone anything that the administration considers to be “woke ideology.”
"Meanwhile, chaos and fear are already guiding decisions. While the policy is only meant to apply to work that might be seen as conflicting with President Trump’s executive orders, CDC experts don’t know how to interpret that. Do papers that describe disparities in health outcomes fall into “woke ideology” or not? Nobody knows, and everyone is scared that they’ll be fired. This is leading to what Germans call “vorauseilender Gehorsam,” or “preemptive obedience,” as one non-CDC scientist commented."
I heard yesterday that CDC pages on women's health, adolescent health, HIV, and other topics have disappeared from the CDC website. I don't remember where I heard or read this. Perhaps a forum member can confirm.
My source of information about this is Inside Medicine: https://insidemedicine.substack.com...tack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=email
From the report:
"How many manuscripts are affected is unclear, but it could be many. Most manuscripts include simple demographic information about the populations or patients studied, which typically includes gender (and which is frequently used interchangeably with sex). That means just about any major study would fall under the censorship regime of the new policy, including studies on Covid-19, cancer, heart disease, or anything else, let alone anything that the administration considers to be “woke ideology.”
"Meanwhile, chaos and fear are already guiding decisions. While the policy is only meant to apply to work that might be seen as conflicting with President Trump’s executive orders, CDC experts don’t know how to interpret that. Do papers that describe disparities in health outcomes fall into “woke ideology” or not? Nobody knows, and everyone is scared that they’ll be fired. This is leading to what Germans call “vorauseilender Gehorsam,” or “preemptive obedience,” as one non-CDC scientist commented."
I heard yesterday that CDC pages on women's health, adolescent health, HIV, and other topics have disappeared from the CDC website. I don't remember where I heard or read this. Perhaps a forum member can confirm.
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