Donald Trump skewers the caduceus
"The Trump administration has intervened in the release of important studies on the bird flu, as an outbreak escalates across the United States"
"One of the studies would reveal whether veterinarians who treat cattle have been unknowingly infected by the bird flu virus. Another report documents cases in which people carrying the virus might have infected their pet cats."
And then, across the country, Measles cases have been reported in Texas most likely because the vaccine rate against the disease has fallen. Two are dead and many are sick due to a wave of tuberculosis cases hitting the Kansas City, Kansas, metro area. While Covid just passed its 5th anniversary of the start of the pandemic, the virus is still killing thousands, according to experts. At least 50 snow geese have been found dead on an Upstate New York lake and are being tested for Avian flu.
Yet T-rump has decided we don't need WHO, nor do we need to exchange information on and not do studies for disease control.
A case of the highly infectious avian influenza, or bird flu, has been detected in a Montgomery County, Maryland, backyard flock. Whooping cough and Norovirus cases have steadily increased since the pandemic. Bird flu is 'widespread' among birds in Massachusetts, state officials say. The Washington Post reports, Covid isn’t as bad this winter but flu is worse. 36 US states have 'high' or 'very high' flu activity, CDC data shows. Georgia school district closes all schools due to flu, norovirus outbreak.Central High School. A case of tuberculosis (TB) was confirmed at Whitehall-Yearling High School, Whitehall, Ohio. The Emmett, Idaho School District canceled classes to deep clean all of its buildings due to spread of norovirus, COVID-19, influenza, RSV and pertussis (whooping cough). The combined information here shows the potential dilemma in the U.S. for diseases of all types but most important now, 464 deaths from bird flu since Dec. 2024.
One of the studies would reveal whether veterinarians who treat cattle have been unknowingly infected by the bird flu virus. Another report documents cases in which people carrying the virus might have infected their pet cats.
The studies were slated to appear in the official journal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The distinguished journal has been published without interruption since 1952.
Dorothy Fink, the acting secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services ordered an “immediate pause” on communications by federal health agencies, dictated by who else, Donald Trump. Opposition includes...
That’s concerning, former CDC officials said, because a firewall has long existed between the agency’s scientific reports and political appointees.There was no response from The White House or HHS; in the meantime, at least 67 people have recently been tested positive for the bird flu in the U.S., most from cows or poultry. There is also concern that many cases are going undetected. Shades of Covid under Donald Trump in a situation most experts claim can be controlled with the proper handling. The question is, will the Republican Party do the right thing? One can only hope.
“MMWR is the voice of science,” said Tom Frieden, a former CDC director and the CEO of the nonprofit organization Resolve to Save Lives.
“This idea that science cannot continue until there’s a political lens over it is unprecedented,” said Anne Schuchat, a former principal deputy director at the CDC. “I hope it’s going to be very short-lived, but if it’s not short-lived, it’s censorship.”