LGR4GM Posted February 14 Author Report Posted February 14 Quote The EIS (Epidemic Intelligence Service), as it is known, is the world’s premier training program for applied epidemiology. Many public health leaders at the CDC and elsewhere in the world are graduates of the EIS, which was established in 1951 by the CDC’s then-chief epidemiologist Alexander Langmuir, in part because of Cold War era concerns about the threat of germ warfare. Quote The fact that the cuts might decimate a program that has repeatedly proved its worth caught many in the public health world by surprise. “This will destroy the EIS, which is one of the absolute crown jewels of global public health,” said Michael Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. Quote “It’s almost beyond belief,” Foege said of the news when approached by STAT. “When I hear about us leaving [the World Health Organization] or leaving the Paris [Climate] Agreement, we’re cutting out the EIS — a chill goes up my spine. Because I realize that we’re dealing with people who are in a different reality. They don’t understand public health. They don’t understand what it was like to encounter the dangers of the past.” https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/trump-cdc-cuts-include-epidemic-intelligence-service-outbreak-investigators/
K-9 Posted February 14 Report Posted February 14 Trump is one bitter mother phucker. He and his fascist henchmen continue to make us and the rest of the world unsafe.
Brawndo Posted February 15 Report Posted February 15 Under new CDC RFK Jr’s Guidelines the measles will hence forth be known as Freedom Freckles 1
K-9 Posted February 15 Report Posted February 15 1 hour ago, Brawndo said: Under new CDC RFK Jr’s Guidelines the measles will hence forth be known as Freedom Freckles I’d laugh if it weren’t so phucking serious.
K-9 Posted February 15 Report Posted February 15 Speaking of measles, this may be a microcosm of what may be in store with the lying RFK Jr. calling the shots on public health policy. https://apple.news/AkspdFboOTa6XdWWG87F98w
K-9 Posted Wednesday at 10:22 PM Report Posted Wednesday at 10:22 PM 1 hour ago, LGR4GM said: Here we go... He can change the schedule all he wants, but that won’t prevent doctors and other medical providers from following decades long best practices and going right ahead with recommending and administering the critical vaccines vital to public health. Unless, like other medical procedures, the radical right makes them illegal as well. RFK Jr. is a lying, hypocritical, addle-brained piece of scum and I can see him advocating to do just that.
LTS Posted Thursday at 04:43 PM Report Posted Thursday at 04:43 PM 18 hours ago, K-9 said: He can change the schedule all he wants, but that won’t prevent doctors and other medical providers from following decades long best practices and going right ahead with recommending and administering the critical vaccines vital to public health. Unless, like other medical procedures, the radical right makes them illegal as well. RFK Jr. is a lying, hypocritical, addle-brained piece of scum and I can see him advocating to do just that. Could it however lead to a change in what medical insurance and other program cover or compensate for in some way thus causing people to avoid getting the vaccinations due to cost? Certainly making them illegal would be interesting.. not in a good way of course.
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