Thank you for this! I have been a patient advocate since 2009 and I cannot tell you how often I depended on the many facets of HHS and it information resources to provide information to patients. The fact that one person right now is taking away so much health information that is so vital to patient care is just horrible and dangerous.
Yes, a helpful resource indeed. Thank you. And thanks all the brave and quick-thinking people who collected and published this crucial information that the Trump administration doesn’t want us to see. Now it’s up to us to spread the word.
Am I missing something here? A few likes and a few comments.. where is the backlash and outrage. Nothing says quietly sliding into fascism like ripping out the core public information described within this article. Perhaps I'm missing something?
Interesting question Frank. I think most who subscribe to The Contrarian would consider themselves part of the resistance. I almost posted but then thought better of it for a couple of reasons:
1. If what I was going to say has been said there's no need for me to say it again. That's what the 'like' button is for IMO.
2. When I was a WAPO subscriber I had a good sized presence there (*I am not on these sites for follower numbers or to become some sort of 'name' it's just that after years and years you get to recognize and be recognized by other posters) and lots of interaction with other posters. But WAPO has moved to the NYT model re comments and the result is an inability to easily engage with other commenters. I suppose this is because the papers don't want to function as 'social media' in that way. I hate it but it is what it is and I kind of get their point. Not many media sources have a robust comment section, if they have any at all. The Contrarian is better than most but it could use some work.
So that said, while I do comment/reply fairly often here I save most of my attempts at interaction for bluesky. Are you on bluesky? It's pretty good and getting better as more and more people join.
There are several active backlashes occurring. We are aware of the numerous judicial decisions. We are aware of media coverage, both Contrarian, press and TV. I watched [not all :)] the Democrats in Congress doing a 24 hour debate against nomination of Vought. I see and hear House Minority Leader Jeffries speak out. I've seen numerous Democrats speak out in support of various agencies. I see citizens marching in protest. The only ones MIA is the entire Republican Congress. These people are marching in lockstep with their leader. I can only hope their dereliction of duty to protect the Constitutional rights given to Congress as the legislative branch will lead to every one of them being voted out of office.
The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) has also published a statement on the Suppression of Public Health Information (particularly on Maternal Mortality and other health epidemics) and have posted the CDC educational resources on their website: https://www.awhonn.org/awhonn-guidance/
Please, please, PLEASE try, when writing and reporting, to keep in mind VA does a LOT for women and minority Vets, from direct care to research. Information for women and minority Veterans who choose to go to VA facilities for their care was included in this blackout. We were forced to remove hundreds of web pages' worth of information about LGBTQ+ and diversity health programs and research.
Thank you for the resources for our dystopian world. I sincerely hope that vaccine information and science is being well hidden from the new government for the dangers ahead: polio, measles, ebola, covid, all zoonotic diseases to come, typhoid, malaria, dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, and a host of others. Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy, sick ride.
Maybe health care corporations such as Johnson & Johnson could share some information. The private sector should be able to do so without being muzzled. They do independent research on their own.
The only problem there is the potential for conflicts of interest. Why would they share research findings that may be detrimental to their profits? For example, Big Oil not sharing their findings about the detrimental effects of fossil fuels on the climate. Or Big Pharma not sharing their findings on the addictive nature of opioids.
Some research done by corporations are also a collaborative effort between them and other companies. The public health departments of academic institutions are also a bounty of information. Doctoral candidates publish their research and defend it before a graduate research committee. The information is often already out there it’s really a matter of knowing where to find it.
"Among the deleted resources are CDC guidelines for tracking, preventing and treating HIV; information about sexually transmitted diseases; and essential summaries of contraceptive safety, efficacy, and usage." And this an Administration that supposedly fights against socialism and woke culture?? Which it is replacing with only "my facts"? I am heartened that so many people/organizations are putting up what was suppressed.
Great work in gathering together these links to the sites that are preserving critical information. I hope a single website emerges soon that becomes the umbrella for all of them.
Looking ahead I hope that single website becomes the umbrella for all of the critical information that is being lost or replaced by misinformation. Then Google has to be dealt with: Google searches for good information should go to this new set of web sites and not to the stripped government sites that contain misinformation.
Rose. I agree about Google being the worst browser of the lot. But it is by far the most used browser, the browser most people use to get their information.
In the near future the government websites will generally contain misinformation. In a perfect world Google searches (and Mozilla Firefox and Duck Duck Go searches) would direct people to the new non-governmental websites containing useful and trustworthy information. The government sites are becoming fake news sites and all internet searches should treat them accordingly.... Not that I see this actually happening. We live in dark times.
Incredibly valuable information! Kudos to these organizations for stepping into the breach by preserving and offering alternative portals for vital information. I am sharing this widely.
This is an enormously helpful resource! Thank you!
Thank you for this! I have been a patient advocate since 2009 and I cannot tell you how often I depended on the many facets of HHS and it information resources to provide information to patients. The fact that one person right now is taking away so much health information that is so vital to patient care is just horrible and dangerous.
Yes, a helpful resource indeed. Thank you. And thanks all the brave and quick-thinking people who collected and published this crucial information that the Trump administration doesn’t want us to see. Now it’s up to us to spread the word.
Am I missing something here? A few likes and a few comments.. where is the backlash and outrage. Nothing says quietly sliding into fascism like ripping out the core public information described within this article. Perhaps I'm missing something?
And there are so few of us… I’m sharing Contrarianisms with everyone I know and even doing Facebook to get word out to others.
Interesting question Frank. I think most who subscribe to The Contrarian would consider themselves part of the resistance. I almost posted but then thought better of it for a couple of reasons:
1. If what I was going to say has been said there's no need for me to say it again. That's what the 'like' button is for IMO.
2. When I was a WAPO subscriber I had a good sized presence there (*I am not on these sites for follower numbers or to become some sort of 'name' it's just that after years and years you get to recognize and be recognized by other posters) and lots of interaction with other posters. But WAPO has moved to the NYT model re comments and the result is an inability to easily engage with other commenters. I suppose this is because the papers don't want to function as 'social media' in that way. I hate it but it is what it is and I kind of get their point. Not many media sources have a robust comment section, if they have any at all. The Contrarian is better than most but it could use some work.
So that said, while I do comment/reply fairly often here I save most of my attempts at interaction for bluesky. Are you on bluesky? It's pretty good and getting better as more and more people join.
There are several active backlashes occurring. We are aware of the numerous judicial decisions. We are aware of media coverage, both Contrarian, press and TV. I watched [not all :)] the Democrats in Congress doing a 24 hour debate against nomination of Vought. I see and hear House Minority Leader Jeffries speak out. I've seen numerous Democrats speak out in support of various agencies. I see citizens marching in protest. The only ones MIA is the entire Republican Congress. These people are marching in lockstep with their leader. I can only hope their dereliction of duty to protect the Constitutional rights given to Congress as the legislative branch will lead to every one of them being voted out of office.
The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) has also published a statement on the Suppression of Public Health Information (particularly on Maternal Mortality and other health epidemics) and have posted the CDC educational resources on their website: https://www.awhonn.org/awhonn-guidance/
Thank you for this information. Good to know that there are organizations that have & are sharing vital heath data and information
Please, please, PLEASE try, when writing and reporting, to keep in mind VA does a LOT for women and minority Vets, from direct care to research. Information for women and minority Veterans who choose to go to VA facilities for their care was included in this blackout. We were forced to remove hundreds of web pages' worth of information about LGBTQ+ and diversity health programs and research.
Thank you! Sharing widely! Apologies if you've already seen this: Angela Rasmussen and others on acasignups.net have created guidelines, organized by subject, to searching the (not always organized) Wayback Machine's archive of CDC pages: https://acasignups.net/25/02/03/links-archived-versions-every-cdcgov-page-available-pre-purge-part-1-15
As a public health professional, I thank you for bringing attention to this unimaginable issue and to those who are preserving the information.
Thank you for the resources for our dystopian world. I sincerely hope that vaccine information and science is being well hidden from the new government for the dangers ahead: polio, measles, ebola, covid, all zoonotic diseases to come, typhoid, malaria, dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, and a host of others. Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy, sick ride.
Sanity and legitimate information are up to private citizens now.
Maybe health care corporations such as Johnson & Johnson could share some information. The private sector should be able to do so without being muzzled. They do independent research on their own.
The only problem there is the potential for conflicts of interest. Why would they share research findings that may be detrimental to their profits? For example, Big Oil not sharing their findings about the detrimental effects of fossil fuels on the climate. Or Big Pharma not sharing their findings on the addictive nature of opioids.
Some research done by corporations are also a collaborative effort between them and other companies. The public health departments of academic institutions are also a bounty of information. Doctoral candidates publish their research and defend it before a graduate research committee. The information is often already out there it’s really a matter of knowing where to find it.
"Among the deleted resources are CDC guidelines for tracking, preventing and treating HIV; information about sexually transmitted diseases; and essential summaries of contraceptive safety, efficacy, and usage." And this an Administration that supposedly fights against socialism and woke culture?? Which it is replacing with only "my facts"? I am heartened that so many people/organizations are putting up what was suppressed.
Great work in gathering together these links to the sites that are preserving critical information. I hope a single website emerges soon that becomes the umbrella for all of them.
Looking ahead I hope that single website becomes the umbrella for all of the critical information that is being lost or replaced by misinformation. Then Google has to be dealt with: Google searches for good information should go to this new set of web sites and not to the stripped government sites that contain misinformation.
I've read that Google is now corrupted, and Mozilla Firefox and Duck Duck Go are a better, more misinformation free web browser.
Rose. I agree about Google being the worst browser of the lot. But it is by far the most used browser, the browser most people use to get their information.
In the near future the government websites will generally contain misinformation. In a perfect world Google searches (and Mozilla Firefox and Duck Duck Go searches) would direct people to the new non-governmental websites containing useful and trustworthy information. The government sites are becoming fake news sites and all internet searches should treat them accordingly.... Not that I see this actually happening. We live in dark times.
Incredibly valuable information! Kudos to these organizations for stepping into the breach by preserving and offering alternative portals for vital information. I am sharing this widely.
Thank you for the information.
I have been saying for about 45 years, if a Republican claims, "We are doing this to protect women," every woman (and girl) should run for the hills.