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The fact that indicators of decision-making have to be indirect, speaks to the risk environment of public health officials. Post Fauci, it's huge. Is this pro
by ggm 2y ago
The fact that indicators of decision-making have to be indirect, speaks to the risk environment of public health officials. Post Fauci, it's huge.
Is this problem also a function of both devolution of power to states and the environment post animal activism? Or just the "don't ask don't tell" of US policy these days? A bunch of laws got passed about revealing inner truths of animal husbandry in the wake of activist filming in chicken houses and piggeries.
We depend on the massive herds of food animals. We depend on clear information sharing about their health. They aren't just tasty beef and cheese, they are disease vectors and storage grounds of infection. This information policy nightmare isn't good.
- cyanydeez 2y ago[flagged]
- CrossVR 2y ago> Post Fauci, it's huge. How is Anthony Fauci related to this? He headed the NIAID, not the USDA.
- Blackthorn 2y agoAre you really going to try to say that the absurd levels of bile, vitriol, and threats that he received for doing his job during a pandemic has zero knock-on effect for other public health officials?
- TehCorwiz 2y ago[flagged]
- sunny-d 2y ago[flagged]
- CrossVR 2y agoWoah, I'm not sure how you got that from my comment. It was a genuine question since OP made it seem as if Dr. Fauci had played some role in the USDA's handling of the H5N1 epidemic. In fact I was concerned OP was trying to pin yet another conspiracy on him.
- guhidalg 2y agoI remember in 2020 how a career public servant, colleague to those in USDA, was contradicted by the president because it made the administration's COVID response look bad. Recently, the US president has decided he doesn't want to protect his public servant's lives anymore https://apnews.com/article/fauci-trump-security-detail-4b2e317dc9e7768c0571df30750e863a https://apnews.com/article/fauci-trump-security-detail-4b2e3...
- ggm 2y agoAs others note, its the public health aspect of being a voice for science and reason, against the political backlash and death threats. I did not mean to imply USDA and NIAD related, except in needing public health policy people making decisions and statements in the public eye.
- JohnTHaller 2y agoOn a related note, "Trump ends Fauci’s security detail and says he’d feel no responsibility if harm befell him": https://apnews.com/article/fauci-trump-security-detail-4b2e317dc9e7768c0571df30750e863a https://apnews.com/article/fauci-trump-security-detail-4b2e3...
- financetechbro 2y ago> “You can’t have a security detail for the rest of your life because you worked for government,” Trump said. Coming from the guy who will have security detail for the rest of his life because he worked for the government. Truly comical time to be alive