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."
You don't say!
(Score: 3, Informative) by fritsd on Sunday December 17 2017, @02:20PM (4 children)
According to the Guardian, the US department of HHS (Health and Human Services) kinda denies it:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/17/health-leaders-report-fetus-transgender-cdc-banned-words [theguardian.com]
The Guardian article also says:
(Score: 2) by BK on Monday December 18 2017, @02:51AM (3 children)
Tried to get worked up about this. But couldn't.
So basically, CDC has a budget target on it. Certain types of projects are unlikely to survive the budget process. The evaluators probably don't understand the projects... but they have expressed dis-satisfaction with projects that all contain certain words. CDC bosses put their heads together and decided 'rather than sacrifice all of these things, let's see if we can tweak the descriptions to make them look more acceptable'. Seems like typical bureaucratic gamesmanship.
Some things never change. Oh! the outrage!
...but you HAVE heard of me.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 18 2017, @02:57AM (2 children)
Of course you couldn't.
Now, if the CDC were forbidden from talking projects to identify racial differences in IQ and violence you'd be all over that.
(Score: 2) by BK on Monday December 18 2017, @04:10AM (1 child)
If you're going to be offensive, at least get your lines right. "If the CDC decided to conceal projects regarding racial difference in doublespeak..." at least you'd have an apples to apples comparison.
...but you HAVE heard of me.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 18 2017, @11:35AM
Snowflake was offended. Awwwah. Did the liddle' nazi get his feel-feels hurt?