The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations -- ProPublica

[erronis]

https://www.propublica.org/article/measles-vaccine-rfk-cdc-report

The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.

Leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ordered staff this week not to release their experts’ assessment that found the risk of catching measles is high in areas near outbreaks where vaccination rates are lagging, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica.

In an aborted plan to roll out the news, the agency would have emphasized the importance of vaccinating people against the highly contagious and potentially deadly disease that has spread to 19 states, the records show.

A CDC spokesperson told ProPublica in a written statement that the agency decided against releasing the assessment “because it does not say anything that the public doesn’t already know.” She added that the CDC continues to recommend vaccines as “the best way to protect against measles.”

But what the nation’s top public health agency said next shows a shift in its long-standing messaging about vaccines, a sign that it may be falling in line under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines:

“The decision to vaccinate is a personal one,” the statement said, echoing a line from a column Kennedy wrote for the Fox News website. “People should consult with their healthcare provider to understand their options to get a vaccine and should be informed about the potential risks and benefits associated with vaccines.”

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This would be criminal - if the rule of law was followed, and if there was some way to enforce it.

[SheltieLover]

1. Shameful & perhaps illegal!

[chowder66]

2. The only thing I can think of as to why they don't fight at all is because they are trying to stick around

for the super-duper nasty killer shit coming down the pike.


It's sad to see so many people just hang in there and not resist with everything they got.

[erronis]

3. Not sure who the "they" is in your post. Are you talking about the population susceptible to measles

or the groups that have taken over the US government and want the scourge (or a super-duper nasty one) to do its work.

[chowder66]

4. The CDC leaders.

Managers, execs, etc

[erronis]

5. Thanks! That makes a lot of sense.

I'd be in admiration of any government employees that can stay through this mayhem in order to try to do their real job.

[chowder66]

6. I'd like to see them fight back like some of the other agencies but they may be taking a different approach

do to the nature of their work.

Heck if I know!?.... I guess I'm trying to soothe myself as to why they don't push back.