CDC orders mass retraction and revision of all submitted research

[Tanuki]

https://insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-news-cdc-orders-mass-retraction

"The CDC has instructed its scientists to retract or pause the publication of any research manuscript being considered by any medical or scientific journal, not merely its own internal periodicals, Inside Medicine has learned. The move aims to ensure that no “forbidden terms” appear in the work. The policy includes manuscripts that are in the revision stages at journal (but not officially accepted) and those already accepted for publication but not yet live.

In the order, CDC researchers were instructed to remove references to or mentions of a list of forbidden terms: “Gender, transgender, pregnant person, pregnant people, LGBT, transsexual, non-binary, nonbinary, assigned male at birth, assigned female at birth, biologically male, biologically female,” according to an email sent to CDC employees (see below).”
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The policy goes beyond the previously reported pause of the CDC’s own publications, including Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), which has seen two issues go unreleased since January 16, marking the first publication gap of any kind in approximately 60 years. Emerging infectious Diseases and Preventing Chronic Disease, the CDC’s other major publications, also remain under lock and key, but have not yet been affected because they are monthly releases and both were released as scheduled in January, prior to President Trump’s inauguration. The policy also goes beyond the general communications gag order that already prevents any CDC scientist from submitting any new scientific findings to the public."...(more)

[Celerity]

1. madness!

[SammyWinstonJack]

2. ...

[Botany]

3. A list of forbidden terms? What part of a fascism is missing from this?

Gender, transgender, pregnant person, pregnant people, LGBT, transsexual, non-binary, nonbinary, assigned male at birth, assigned female at birth, biologically male, biologically female,” according to an email sent to CDC employees.”

[Ray Bruns]

6. The part that's missing is where Winston Smith is working overtime at the Ministry of Truth.

[AverageJoe]

18. That was my first thought n/t

[Liberal In Texas]

30. This from the people who were complaining about censorship.

[MiHale]

4. This is almost impossible to comment on...

It’s so fucking ridiculous.

[kerouac2]

5. Pregnant people?

Why not say pregnant women?

That being said, this is absolute mad house.

Scientists must feel like Dr. Zira and Cornelius.

[Demovictory9]

9. Some trans men retain the ability to.give birth. "Pregnant people" was an inclusive term

[kerouac2]

12. Thank you!

So they were using inclusive language, in their attack to ban dei... Kinda odd of them.

[Prairie Gates]

19. No, they are banning that term in their efforts against inclusivity

Scientists have to remove all the listed terminology from any paper they have in the pipeline.

[AverageJoe]

20. They were singling out inclusive language

that had been in use for a while.

[kerouac2]

43. Omg yes I see that after another read

Duh, I didn't read that right first time thru. That was on the list of forbidden words... I thought they were using the term themselves.. Thanks lol.

[Jit423]

7. Have any articles of impeachment been filed yet? Any for any members of the SCOTUS? WTF is going on?

This is the most and bitterest collective insanity since Jim Jones and Jonestown.

[mdbl]

10. Weird and bizarre

what else can i say?

[LymphocyteLover]

11. fuck the Nazis... goddamn this is evil

[Solly Mack]

13. Shithole country. Thanks Trump! You're making America a shit place to live.

[orangecrush]

14. Not fascism

Right?

(Sarc)

[Tanuki]

15. Reminds me of Lysenko's Lamarckian agenda in the Soviet era.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysenkoism

..."More than 3,000 mainstream biologists were dismissed or imprisoned, and numerous scientists were executed in the Soviet campaign to suppress scientific opponents. The president of the Soviet Agriculture Academy, Nikolai Vavilov, who had been Lysenko's mentor, but later denounced him, was sent to prison and died there, while Soviet genetics research was effectively destroyed. Research and teaching in the fields of neurophysiology, cell biology, and many other biological disciplines were harmed or banned.

The government of the Soviet Union (USSR) supported the campaign, and Joseph Stalin personally edited a speech by Lysenko in a way that reflected his support for what would come to be known as Lysenkoism, despite his skepticism toward Lysenko's assertion that all science is class-orientated in nature. Lysenko served as the director of the USSR's Lenin All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Other countries of the Eastern Bloc including the People's Republic of Poland, the Republic of Czechoslovakia, and the German Democratic Republic accepted Lysenkoism as the official "new biology", to varying degrees, as did the People's Republic of China for some years."...(more)

[yardwork]

24. He is one of Putin's favorite influences.

[sinkingfeeling]

16. So. MAGAs, there goes freedom of speech and half of freedom of the press.

Tell me again how no place else on earth has American freedoms.

[tanyev]

27. We have complete freedom to support everything Donald Trump does.

😒

[Prairie Gates]

17. Hurtling toward a "Degenerate Art" exhibit at the National Gallery

[Johonny]

21. Women are second class citizens now

Whereas transgender are no longer considered human. But still many people complain Democrats spent too much time defending the helpless instead of focusing on the issues. Dudes, the attempt to exterminate by definition a class of people is the issue!

[FuzzyDicePHL]

22. Double plus ungood :(

nt

[AverageJoe]

23. The next step will be

to mandate only politically acceptable conclusions to the research.

[Passages]

25. I despise that fucking bastard.

How is this not a 1st amendment fight??

[underpants]

26. Didn't Trump EO that are ARE two genders? Are medical analysts not supposed to know details?

This is crazy

[3825-87867]

28. And people didn't believe Project 2025 was real!

Or that no one would really do that!

[3825-87867]

29. About that First Amendment...

With 14 gone...
The only safe Amendment is Number 2...for now.
Kind of ironic that it's "Number 2!"

Thanx Roberts, et al.

So Far!

[wolfie001]

37. Balls & strikes fucknut

And his accomplice wifey too I might add.

[Joinfortmill]

31. We're watching a fast movibg coup. Who knew

it was that easy. I feel like weeping.

[Irish_Dem]

33. Like taking candy from a baby. Easy peasy.

[Irish_Dem]

32. This is how research is conducted in Russia and China.

It must all conform to the political standards set forth by the government.
Science, truth, data are not important.

[dalton99a]

36. +1

[wolfie001]

34. "Forbidden Items"

Sounds like an edict from any random emperor from 1000 years ago. What a brainless fool.

[dalton99a]

35. Kick

[Xipe Totec]

38. Fire up the memory hole! nt

[Prairie_Seagull]

39. 1A issues?

The CDC should be able to use relevant terms FFS.

[Prairie_Seagull]

40. This is some IV reich bullshit.

Apologies to any this upsets.

Needs to be called our for what it seems likely to become.

IMO

[travelingthrulife]

41. We are proving to the world that we have the worst government system.

we have a madman in charge and we can do NOTHING to stop him save extrajudicial action.

[GreenWave]

42. Those hole in the heads fear words!