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We are going to be SO hammered by the next #Pandemic!!
"Concerns over avian flu preparedness are further compounded by recent political shifts in the United States. Since January 21, the US Department of Health and Human Services has frozen most external communications, including health documents and guidance, until new officials are appointed to review and approve them.
As a result, for the first time in over 60 years, the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report— a public health publication — was not published on January 23 and 30. Publication resumed on February 6, but according to The Washington Post, there was no mention of the avian flu outbreak or information about the three studies on H5N1 that were scheduled to be published in January."
"First Human H5N1 Death in the United States"
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#BirdFlu #H5N1 #D11 #CDC #MMWR #PublicHealth #Censorship #Trump #US
First Human H5N1 Death in the United States — Just the Beginning?
The D1.1 strain of H5N1, now spreading in dairy herds, has a mutation that enhances replication in mammals. Could this be a step toward human-to-human transmission?Stephanie Lavaud (Medscape)
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday acknowledged it accidentally fired "several" employees to combat the bird flu and is working to rehire them.Allan Smith (NBC News)
An essay titled “The Consequences of Silencing the ‘Voice of the #CDC,’ ” published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, said the omission of information about #H5N1 avian influenza “raises concerns about the CDC’s ability to disseminate scientific data & analysis of #PublicHealth information in a timely manner.”
The authors, 3 fmr #MMWR editors in chief & a fmr CDC official, warned that the pause in publication of the MMWR “might portend changes” based on #political objectives.
The #CDC report is the latest evidence that the outbreak in #dairy herds is spreading undetected in #cows, & the spillover into people at highest risk of exposure is going unnoticed.
…A slimmed-down #MMWR resumed publication last week but included NONE of the #BirdFlu reports. #PublicHealth experts have criticized the unprecedented break in publication & the holdup of bird flu information.
#PublicHealth
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#FYI #USA #MicrobeTV #TWiV #ThisWeekInVirology #infectiousdiseases #MMWR #covid19 #tuberculosis #DanielGriffin
Weekly Clinical Update on infectious diseases 08. Feb 2025
Latest #TWiV clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin kicks off with an apt quotation for the U.S.: "If you do not change direction you might end up where you are heading." -- Lao Tzu
Dr. Griffin notes that even though an #MMWR was published, it was censored, because 3 expected reports on #BirdFlu were not in it. #Fascism #CDC
#virology #medicine #COVID #vaccination youtube.com/watch?v=82-97zZJ78…
Shownotes/links: microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1190/
TWiV 1190: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss changes in access to public health information and aid mechanisms such as the return of MMWR, the largest tuberculosis outbreak in the US ever, lack of USAID in fighting Marbur…profvrr (This Week in Virology)
This week the CDC failed to issue its “Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report” for the first time since 1960.
MMWR is where the medical community first was alerted to what came to be known as AIDS.
Thanks, Republicans!
#TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #CDC #MMWR #RepublicansKillUsAll #USPol
Update. "For the first time in its more than 60-year history, the #CDC's [#OpenAccess] Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (#MMWR) did not go out as scheduled because of a communications pause at federal health agencies issued by the #Trump administration."
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#Censorship #Medicine #USPol #USPolitics
Trump's Gag Order Halts CDC Publication
MMWR did not publish as usual at 1 p.m. todayRachael Robertson (MedpageToday)
First time in its 60-year history, the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (#MMWR) did not go out as scheduled because of a communications pause at federal #health agencies issued by the Trump administration.
"This is a concerning precedent that #publichealth messages won't be left to public health professionals and experts, and instead will be potentially controlled by politicians," Sonja Rasmussen, MD, former editor of MMWR
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Trump's Gag Order Halts CDC Publication
MMWR did not publish as usual at 1 p.m. todayRachael Robertson (MedpageToday)
🇺🇸 🚨 For the first time in 70 years, the US Centers for Disease Control did not publish its "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)" today.
☣️ This report would have shared several new discoveries about the active biosecurity threat #H5N1 bird flu.
⌛ Every day these public services are disrupted increases the risk and damage to the world.
UPDATE: This story has more detail.
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#USpol #publicHealth #globalHealth #CDC #MMWR
Trump's Gag Order Halts CDC Publication
MMWR did not publish as usual at 1 p.m. todayRachael Robertson (MedpageToday)
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Trump's Gag Order Halts CDC Publication
MMWR did not publish as usual at 1 p.m. todayRachael Robertson (MedpageToday)