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Update: I didn't realize the updating the thumbnail overwrote the link to the article.

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has instructed federal health agencies to pause all external communications, such as health advisories, weekly scientific reports, updates to websites and social media posts, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing a dozen current and former officials and sources.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-health-communications-cdc-hhs-fda-1eeca64c1ccc324b31b779a86d3999a4

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[–] PedroMaldonado 53 points 1 week ago (6 children)
[–] b34k 51 points 1 week ago

So they can ensure they’re only parroting the party’s lines when they do resume communications.

[–] ladicius 40 points 1 week ago

Is that a real question?

It's textbook behaviour for dictators: Control all the information.

[–] Sanctus 27 points 1 week ago

To suppress the soon-to-be outbreak if bird flu

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

Remember covid? Numbers go up = bad. No numbers = no bad.

He operates on optics and not reality. As long as the spin is good, he doesn't care if the thing happening is actually good or bad. If everyone died on earth except him he would think it was a great thing he didn't die and not oh no everyone died.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

Drumpf's "reality" and scientific reality tend to clash on a number of things

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

He’s listening to RFK

[–] horse_battery_staple 37 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If the admin wants whistleblowers, we should probably give them whistleblowers.

If you work for a health org and your manager tries to pull some fash shit. Blow the whistle. If you see that there is waste with un-administered or destroyed vaccines. Blow the whistle.

https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/report-fraud/

https://www.propublica.org/tips/

[–] simplejack 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That’s a .gov address for an office that will be administered by Trump officials. That will get you shit canned immediately.

Don’t report it to the corrupt assholes committing the corruption. Go to the press.

[–] horse_battery_staple 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

There are whistleblower protections. There will be a requirement to bring this to court for the public to see it. If you're getting fired already due to DEI. I don't see why not. There is going to have to be pushback to these policies.

Go to the press.

Good point. https://www.propublica.org/tips/

[–] Mirshe 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In an administration run by a man who has stated he wants to be a dictator, we shouldn't assume the rule of law will hold any force, including whistleblower protections.

[–] horse_battery_staple 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's why you also leak to the press.

https://www.propublica.org/tips/

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Source.

Next time, OP, don't just post a picture and a quote with no attribution.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That was by accident. I thought it kept the link when I added the thumbnail.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Thanks for adding it back in :)

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

Lmfao they’re gonna fuckin kill us all

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hope we see some mass civil disobedience. Feels like it would be the patriotic thing to do.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

We won't hear about it because he'll control the media with the fear of shutting them down if they don't publish only what he wants to be heard.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago