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So better throw the baby with the bath water and not have CDC then have CDC treat gun violence or suicides as an epidemic, yes?
by random3 1y ago
So better throw the baby with the bath water and not have CDC then have CDC treat gun violence or suicides as an epidemic, yes?
- throwawaymaths 1y ago[flagged]
- ceejayoz 1y agoIt would be deeply political for the CDC to ignore the top cause of death of children in the USA. If you oppose politicization of health, that should be an easy point of agreement.
- jeffbee 1y agoIt would also be political, and unlawful, for the CDC to fail to fulfill the mandate that Congress has given it to prevent injury for the last 39 years.
- etchalon 1y agoThe political thing is thinking studying gun violence is political.
- kristopolous 1y agoNo. The act of politics is dictating things based on a political ideology, for their advocacy or absence. That's what you're doing, it's strict political advocacy. I'm tired of people claiming something is political and then wanting to legislate it based on politics and claiming that isn't
- random3 1y agoHas the stability of CDC changed between this and the rest of presidencies, across the political spectrum? Your angle reminds of a recent post - > "John, when people thought the Earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the Earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the Earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the Earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together."— Isaac Asimov, The Relativity of Wrong