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Can we update the title to be “East Palestine, Ohio”? Otherwise it reads like CDC is involved with chemical warfare allegations in Palestine.
by laserlight 4y ago
Can we update the title to be “East Palestine, Ohio”? Otherwise it reads like CDC is involved with chemical warfare allegations in Palestine.
- dubcanada 4y agoIf you're going to go that far, you should add "USA" to it as well. This is a very USA centric forum though, so it's perfectly fine leaving it as it is. A better question is why is a CDC news article on train derailment on hacker news. What part of this article is related to technology or computers? It's just regular news.
- ipaddr 4y agoMany readers are involved in biosciences and discussing chemical reactions is a hn thing to do.
- dubcanada 4y agoAnd that's fine, but it isn't about biosciences or chemical reactions. It's just a fluff journalistic piece with a bunch of he said, she said. No links to any reports containing any factual studies, any reports, any discussion on the chemical components (beyond listing what they are). So I just don't think it deserves to be on HN, but that's fine. It's got 441 votes so obviously at least that many think it does.
- 4gotunameagain 4y agoMuch much much more people are aware that Ohio is in the USA, while Palestine is in Palestine.
- slim 4y agoEast Palestine is not Palestine, like New York is not York. We'll get used to it. I hope East Palestine gets in the news for less tragical events in the future
- kevincox 4y agoBut East Palestine is an area of Palestine unlike New York.