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Dec 16 2017
10:21 am
Banned Words for CDC budget drafts
By: CE Petro

Apparently, the 2019 Budget draft from the CDC was returned for correction. The CDC was given a list of banned words this administration does not want to see in budget requests. Those words include

  • vulnerable
  • entitlement
  • diversity
  • transgender
  • fetus
  • evidence-based
  • science-based

Some of these words were given verbally and some of these words/phrases were given alternate wording.
Considering the work the CDC does, how can one justify banning the above words?

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Metulj From the Lurkzone's picture

vulnerable = "at risk,"

Submitted by Metulj From the Lurkzone (not verified) on Sat, 2017/12/16 - 11:14am.

vulnerable = "at risk," "lacking resilience"
entitlement = "income eligibility program"
diversity = "heterogeneity"
transgender = "non-specified gender identity"
fetus = "prenatal cellular mass"
evidence-based/science-based = "empirical"

They are doing the same thing with NSF grants as well.

Rachel's picture

This, of course, is b.s. I'm

Submitted by Rachel on Sat, 2017/12/16 - 7:57pm.

This, of course, is b.s. I'm particularly troubled by the "science-based" and "evidence-base" ban. What's the CDC supposed to use to make decisions? Magic-based? Witch doctor-based?

R. Neal's picture

Pharmaceutical lobby based.

Submitted by R. Neal on Sat, 2017/12/16 - 10:10pm.
(in reply to Rachel)

Pharmaceutical lobby based.

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