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Flu surges in Louisiana as health department barred from promoting flu shots

• deleted 2y ago
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• jqpabc123 2y ago
  Not to worry, Trump will fix it --- by prohibiting the CDC from reporting the number of cases without political oversight and approval. Stupid is as stupid does.
• ungreased0675 2y ago
  Is the Oregon health department doing the same thing? What explains their similar outcomes? Activism masquerading as reporting is never a good look.
• GeekyBear 2y ago
  The CDC publishes a weekly map showing this data on a state by state basis. https://www.cdc.gov/fluview/surveillance/usmap.html https://www.cdc.gov/fluview/surveillance/usmap.html Given the reality of the raw data, these sorts of stories are not a good look for science journalism in general and Ars in particular.
  • jjeaff 2y ago
    the raw data appears to agree that Louisiana is surging in cases. What is the issue? Just that they have assigned a cause when it may actually just be correlation?
    • GeekyBear 2y ago
      If Louisiana were the only state experiencing a spike in cases, there would at least be cause to speculate. Ars doesn't even have that excuse. America has already experienced too large a decrease in trust towards public health pronouncements. Continuing to politicize public health reporting is unacceptable.