Re:No, HHS Did Not 'Ban Words'

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Subject	Re:No, HHS Did Not 'Ban Words'
Date	2017-12-19 12:32 -0500
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"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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No, HHS Did Not 'Ban Words'

I knew this was false the minute I heard it and was waiting for the 
inevitable explanation/correction which wouldn't get a tenth of the 
attention of the original story. But check how far the crazy has spread and 
is still spreading.

The Trump administration is prohibiting officials at the nation's top public 
health agency from using a list of seven words or phrases - including 
 "fetus" and "transgender" - in official documents being prepared for next 
year's budget. The story goes on to complicate this claim a little bit, 
noting, for instance, some distinctions between terms that were supposedly 
flagged as prohibited in draft budget documents and others regarding which a 
prohibition "had been conveyed verbally" in a meeting among career officials 
at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But the basic claim of 
the story is that HHS is telling its employees they're not allowed to use 
seven words or terms-"vulnerable," "entitlement," "diversity," 
 "transgender," "fetus," "evidence-based" and "science-based." Naturally, 
this assertion has caused a big stir, setting loose everything from charges 
of censorship to worries that the CDC won't be able to help victims of 
terrible diseases if they can't communicate openly about their work. I was 
pretty startled by the story myself, and it sent me reaching out to a number 
of officials at HHS and its sub-agencies for an explanation. These 
conversations have left me persuaded that the impression created by the Post's 
story is not accurate.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/454752/cdc-did-not-ban-words-yuval-levin

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[CNN] Word ban at CDC includes 'vulnerable,' 'fetus,' 'transgender' "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2017-12-18 00:05 +0800
  Re: [CNN] Word ban at CDC includes 'vulnerable,' 'fetus,' 'transgender' "Colonel Edmund J. Burke" <burkesbabes@std-girls.com> - 2017-12-19 06:54 -0800
  Re:No, HHS Did Not 'Ban Words' "BurfordTJustice" <burford/associate@uk.MI15> - 2017-12-19 12:32 -0500

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