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posted by martyb on Sunday December 17 2017, @05:16AM   Printer-friendly
from the George-Orwell-Says-Hi! dept.

Policy analysts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 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."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/cdc-gets-list-of-forbidden-words-fetus-transgender-diversity/2017/12/15/f503837a-e1cf-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html

You don't say!


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  • (Score: 5, Touché) by mhajicek on Sunday December 17 2017, @09:55AM

    by mhajicek (51) on Sunday December 17 2017, @09:55AM (#610938)

    I have diversity in the species of grass on my lawn. The common cold has variable genetic diversity from year to year. There is a diversity of medical practices which vary from region to region.

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