CDC now banned from using "evidence based" and other words per White House

[babyNP.]

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 any official documents being prepared for next year's budget.

Policy analysts at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta were told of the list of forbidden words at a meeting Thursday with senior CDC officials who oversee the budget, according to an analyst who took part in the 90-minute briefing. The forbidden words are "vulnerable," "entitlement," "diversity," "transgender," "fetus," "evidence-based" and "science-based."

CDC gets list of forbidden words: fetus, transgender, diversity - The Washington Post

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This is an attack on our very society itself. I could not believe it when I read it. I feel like a revolution may be inevitable if this trend continues. To ban the words "evidence-based" is beyond words for me to write.

ETA: The other words banned are: "vulnerable," "entitlement," "diversity," "transgender," "fetus," and "science-based." No less horrendous.

[GrumpyRN, NP]

Also, (I can see it now, you guys are really going to think I'm a nut, but feel free to take your jabs) not every scientist backs up the "climate change" we know, with their research. Yes, climate change is real. We all know this, it's a fact, and has been occurring since the beginning of Earth. The issue is, climate change is sold as an event that is going to have devastating effects on the Earth in the next few decades. I err on the side of that isn't true, which is what many scientists, mentioned above, describe as what climate change isn't. Climate change is slow and won't be noticeable in our lifetime. It is ever occurring whether we all drive around Hummers or not. Hummers are not going to speed up climate change. It doesn't have a large enough effect.

The volcano eruption in Bali on the other hand, DOES change the climate, more significantly than anything an entire first-world country could do in 100 years.

https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/

The Paris Agreement is a different story. I'm glad we got out of that. We can do all the things the Paris Agreement set forth to decrease emissions and the like but won't have to pay for other countries to have high-tech equipment. I'm not about sending money everywhere else but home. Additionally, the actual Agreement made U.S. to agree to all of these terms while allowing China to continue their normal protocols for the next decade. Sure a deal was made, but why would the U.S. agree to something we can do ourselves without using our money for other countries?

I'm not saying the articles are false, but don't you see? I want solid proof. Big, fat, stinking proof. Not "well these things happened and we think it's because of this person". Undeniable proof.

You know that Trump lied and mislead about the Paris agreement don't you?

Paris climate agreement: Fact-checking Donald Trump's speech

Reality Check: What do countries spend on climate fund? - BBC News

[itsybitsy]

As requested, I'll stick to the topic at hand. I think as a group, we have concluded that the CDC banned the words, not President Trump. I see the title has changed to "per White House", which is still false, per CDC statements.

So I guess that is where I'll end it for this forum. I'll be finding the Donald Trump forum in the break room if you'd like to join me. And if you copy your comments there, I'll be happy to respond.

[elkpark]

More on this:

There is no ban on words at the CDC.

[itsybitsy]

More on this:

There is no ban on words at the CDC.

From article:

it's aimed at simple-minded White House hacks and ideologues in Congress

I see where you got your one liner. Except you decided to use conservatives instead.

[elkpark]

From article:

I see where you got your one liner. Except you decided to use conservatives instead.

I said it long before I saw the Slate article this morning -- but I did notice the author agreed with me.

[applewhitern, BSN, RN]

I understood that there is no "ban" on the CDC using any of those words. It was a suggestion, not a ban.

[wtbcrna, MSN, DNP, CRNA]

I understood that there is no "ban" on the CDC using any of those words. It was a suggestion, not a ban.

The words are not going to be used in the budget proposal. The "ban" on those words only effects next year's budget proposal for now.

[Tenebrae, BSN, RN]

As requested, I'll stick to the topic at hand. I think as a group, we have concluded that the CDC banned the words, not President Trump. I see the title has changed to "per White House", which is still false, per CDC statements.

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I still find it concerning that a much needed national and international resource feels the need to remove particular words from its vocabulary and dumb it down so to speak to ensure it gets its next round of funding

[GrumpyRN, NP]

I still find it concerning that a much needed national and international resource feels the need to remove particular words from its vocabulary and dumb it down so to speak to ensure it gets its next round of funding

Absolutely agree with you - and it has nothing to do with me.

What is, or should be, more concerning is that this topic was accepted as something that Trump or Trump's America is capable of with no thought that it could not be true.