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[CNN] Word ban at CDC includes 'vulnerable,' 'fetus,' 'transgender'

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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

#8218 — [CNN] Word ban at CDC includes 'vulnerable,' 'fetus,' 'transgender'

[CNN] Word ban at CDC includes 'vulnerable,' 'fetus,' 'transgender'
Full story: 
<http://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/16/health/cdc-banned-words/index.html>

(CNN)Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the 
very agency tasked with saving and protecting the lives of the most 
vulnerable, are now under order by the Trump administration to stop 
using words including "vulnerable" in 2018 budget documents, according 
to The Washington Post.

In a 90-minute briefing on Thursday, policy analysts at the nation's 
leading public health institute were presented with the menu of seven 
banned words, an analyst told the paper. On the list: "diversity," 
"fetus," "transgender," "vulnerable," "entitlement," "science-based" and 
"evidence-based."

Alternative word choices reportedly were presented in some cases. For 
instance, in lieu of "evidence-based" or "science-based," an analyst 
might say, "CDC bases its recommendations on science in consideration 
with community standards and wishes," the source said. But those working 
on the Zika virus's effect on developing fetuses may be at a loss for 
appropriate -- or acceptable -- words.

The reaction in the room was "incredulous," the longtime CDC analyst 
told the Post. "It was very much, 'Are you serious? Are you kidding?'"

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On 12/17/2017 8:05 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
> [CNN] Word ban at CDC includes 'vulnerable,' 'fetus,' 'transgender'
> Full story: <http://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/16/health/cdc-banned-words/index.html>
> 
> (CNN)Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the very agency tasked with saving and protecting the lives of the most vulnerable, are now under order by the Trump administration to stop using words including "vulnerable" in 2018 budget documents, according to The Washington Post.
> 
> In a 90-minute briefing on Thursday, policy analysts at the nation's leading public health institute were presented with the menu of seven banned words, an analyst told the paper. On the list: "diversity," "fetus," "transgender," "vulnerable," "entitlement," "science-based" and "evidence-based."
> 
> Alternative word choices reportedly were presented in some cases. For instance, in lieu of "evidence-based" or "science-based," an analyst might say, "CDC bases its recommendations on science in consideration with community standards and wishes," the source said. But those working on the Zika virus's effect on developing fetuses may be at a loss for appropriate -- or acceptable -- words.
> 
> The reaction in the room was "incredulous," the longtime CDC analyst told the Post. "It was very much, 'Are you serious? Are you kidding?'"
> 
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Why the fuck should I care?

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#8227 — Re:No, HHS Did Not 'Ban Words'

"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:p164jc$uli$1@toylet.eternal-september.org...

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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