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appalachiablue

(43,411 posts)
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 02:35 PM Jan 26

Trump's Public Health Gag Order Is Causing Doctors To Panic: Bird Flu, Vaccine Dvmt, Biomed Research...

- Daily Kos, Jan. 26, 2025. (Photo: Anti-science, anti-vaccine RFK Jr. to lead HHS, Dept. of Health & Human Services). - 'Donald Trump's gag order on the country's health agencies has set off panic among public health officials and researchers.' 🥼
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After Trump was sworn in Monday, his administration ordered federal health agencies to cease all public-facing communication, causing public health officials to fear that they won’t be able to inform the public of viral or foodborne illness outbreaks, and that they will lose funding for everything from cancer treatments to vaccine development.

Officials at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration are particularly concerned about the current bird flu outbreak, which has led to a 37% increase in the price of eggs from the same time last year. The bird flu poses a risk to the public, especially if the virus becomes transmissible between humans.

Similarly, doctors, scientists, and drug researchers reported that the government is canceling medical conferences and grant review panels, which could mean that they’ll lose progress on cancer research to vaccine development.

As STAT News reported:

Several meetings of National Institutes of Health study sections, which review applications for fellowships and grants, were canceled without being rescheduled, according to agency notices reviewed by STAT. A Feb. 20-21 meeting of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee, a panel that advises the leadership of the Department of Health and Human Services on vaccine policy, was also canceled. So was a meeting of the Presidential Advisory Council for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria that was scheduled for Jan. 28 & 29...

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/26/2298707/-Trump-s-public-health-gag-order-is-causing-doctors-to-panic

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Turbineguy

(38,755 posts)
1. This is just one instance and expected after trump's dealing with COVID 19.
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 02:42 PM
Jan 26

We here on DU have to do our own research and posting of strategies to stay healthy. There are plenty of health agencies outside the US that can provide information that we cannot obtain from the trump administration.

July 19,2024:
https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/prevention/index.html

Jan 15,2025
https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/news/bird-flu

appalachiablue

(43,411 posts)
3. This route is helpful for those who know how and where to obtain
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 03:03 PM
Jan 26

critical information but it's not always practical for people who lack the time and resources.

Many Americans will be sickened and hurt by these actions in the wealthiest country in the world. The US already has the worst, most expensive healthcare, and in the last several years discouraged doctors and nurses have been leaving the profession.

Thanks for the resources & the post. Stay well!

Irish_Dem

(63,877 posts)
2. The only information the public will get is what Trump wants us to hear.
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 02:51 PM
Jan 26

Everything else will be shut down.
Those who leak public health information will have their careers ruined.

This is how China and Russia do it.
Or worse, leakers disappear forever.

appalachiablue

(43,411 posts)
4. I'm afraid you're right. Another nail in the coffin, literally for Americans and America.
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 03:09 PM
Jan 26

Shoulda left.. Thanks for the post and info.

brakester

(221 posts)
8. Like deJoyless
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 10:38 AM
Jan 27

said, "Get used to it!, sucker!" /s.
(That's my version). He was an early and persistent preview of what was to come.

Fight, fight, fight!

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