The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.

… content from the CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, which includes data from a national survey, has disappeared; so have parts of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry’s Social Vulnerability Index and the Environmental Justice Index. The CDC’s landing page for HIV data has also vanished. And the agency’s AtlasPlus tool, which contains nearly 20 years of CDC surveillance data on HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and tuberculosis, is down.

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  • @taiyang
    9•21 hours ago

    What was once up can return, and I don’t think a blackout of information over 4 years will matter that much long term (people have other sources for correct HIV prevention information, for instance).

    It is more concerning how unequipped we’ll be during the next pandemic since our agencies are cutting ties to international allies to help track illnesses. If it’s like the first time, it’ll suck although at least it’ll kill off his followers in higher numbers than innocent people.

    • Maeve
      2•12 hours ago

      it’ll suck although at least it’ll kill off his followers in higher numbers than innocent people.

      Like COVID?