Donald Trump’s purge of CDC data and other public health info, explained | Vox

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Summary:

"In the initial days of the Trump administration, officials scoured federal websites for any mention of what they deemed “DEI” keywords — terms as generic as “diverse” and “historically” and even “women.” They soon identified reams of some of the country’s most valuable public health data containing some of the targeted words, including language about LGBTQ+ people, and quickly took down much of it — from surveys on obesity and suicide rates to real-time reports on immediate infectious disease threats like bird flu...."

Link:

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/399319/trump-cdc-health-data-removed-obesity-suicide

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Date tagged:

02/13/2025, 09:47

Date published:

02/13/2025, 04:46