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I completely agree. On any other issue this would be considered a catastrophic failure beyond failure. This is an op-ed from a series of old army generals who l

I completely agree. On any other issue this would be considered a catastrophic failure beyond failure. This is an op-ed from a series of old army generals who lost the war because they were in bed with the enemy every step of the way. The CDC, FDA, and other regulators have a revolving door open to the same industries that profit from the demise of public health. Take, for example, myopia in children (which has grown from zero to nearly half of children today) or vitamin D deficiency (34.5% of Americans _sufficient_!) The cost is colossal - both myopia and vitamin D deficiency have huge knock-on effects. The intervention in this case is easy and free. And yet, because there is no profit to be made, approximately nothing was done. This is a completely insane state of affairs.

shadowgovt 1y ago
I think you've identified the symptom but misidentified the cause. The CDC can identify issues and provide recommendation and guidance. Implementation and enforcement are federal and state legislative responsibilities. The CDC has known vitamin D deficiency is an issue for awhile; why aren't we handing out vitamin D tablets at school? Hint: it would cost money and at least one party has no new taxes as a pretty consistent plank.
- aredox 1y ago
  >why aren't we handing out vitamin D tablets at school? The current US administration, the one with Trump and RFK jr, is currently cutting free meal at school. The food was coming from local farms, not Big Ag. Whatever the posters above are claming the CDC did wrong (when in fact it was undercut at every step by the Republican Party and the right wing of the Democrats), the cuzrrent administration is doing worse. Much worse. https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/trump-admin-cuts-program-that-brought-local-food-to-school-cafeterias/2025/03 https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/trump-admin-cuts-prog...
aredox 1y ago
You want the nanny state to tell you what to do? How many of you American are following the CDC's guidelines? Can you follow them without the nanny state enforcing them on you? Look at Trump congratulating himself for the return of gas cooking - a known cause of inside air pollution. Freedom!
lazyeye 1y ago
Agreed. The crazy thing is that the Silicon Valley ethos has always been about disruption, challenging the status quo. Yet when it comes to the utterly abysmal state of public here they all are reflexively rushing to defend the indefensible.
- aredox 1y ago
  Michele Obama tried to encourage physical activity, and was met with frothing-a-the-mouth backlash from the whole right-wing media personalities and Republicans who vehemently criticized related regulation as government overreach. https://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/29/politics/michelle-obama-nutrition https://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/29/politics/michelle-obama-n... https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/06/14/michelle-obama-nutrition-adviser-maha-interview-00405018 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/06/14/michelle-o... https://authorityhealth.org/irony-abounds-on-the-anniversary-of-the-lets-move-campaign/ https://authorityhealth.org/irony-abounds-on-the-anniversary... Do you have any long-term memory? Look in the mirror: you are the corrupt one.
  - lazyeye 1y ago
    Weird comment? Why am I the corrupt one? I think there is a deep institutional corruption that exists across the food and health bureacracies. and it persists regardless of who is in power. And no doubt there are many Democrats too who benefit from the status quo. I dont think Michelle Obama absolves them of their sins.
    - aredox 1y ago
      It was the Republicans who kneecapped Michelle Obama's initiative. Not the Democrats. Stop trying to bothside this. And "who is in power" is decided by your vote. You could vote anytime against those Republicans who voted again and again against health because it was too "socialist". Now you have a health secretary who is happy that the sugar in Coca-Cola is another type of sugar.

shadowgovt 1y ago

I think you've identified the symptom but misidentified the cause. The CDC can identify issues and provide recommendation and guidance. Implementation and enforcement are federal and state legislative responsibilities. The CDC has known vitamin D deficiency is an issue for awhile; why aren't we handing out vitamin D tablets at school? Hint: it would cost money and at least one party has no new taxes as a pretty consistent plank.

aredox 1y ago
>why aren't we handing out vitamin D tablets at school? The current US administration, the one with Trump and RFK jr, is currently cutting free meal at school. The food was coming from local farms, not Big Ag. Whatever the posters above are claming the CDC did wrong (when in fact it was undercut at every step by the Republican Party and the right wing of the Democrats), the cuzrrent administration is doing worse. Much worse. https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/trump-admin-cuts-program-that-brought-local-food-to-school-cafeterias/2025/03 https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/trump-admin-cuts-prog...

aredox 1y ago

You want the nanny state to tell you what to do? How many of you American are following the CDC's guidelines? Can you follow them without the nanny state enforcing them on you? Look at Trump congratulating himself for the return of gas cooking - a known cause of inside air pollution. Freedom!

lazyeye 1y ago

Agreed. The crazy thing is that the Silicon Valley ethos has always been about disruption, challenging the status quo. Yet when it comes to the utterly abysmal state of public here they all are reflexively rushing to defend the indefensible.

aredox 1y ago
Michele Obama tried to encourage physical activity, and was met with frothing-a-the-mouth backlash from the whole right-wing media personalities and Republicans who vehemently criticized related regulation as government overreach. https://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/29/politics/michelle-obama-nutrition https://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/29/politics/michelle-obama-n... https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/06/14/michelle-obama-nutrition-adviser-maha-interview-00405018 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/06/14/michelle-o... https://authorityhealth.org/irony-abounds-on-the-anniversary-of-the-lets-move-campaign/ https://authorityhealth.org/irony-abounds-on-the-anniversary... Do you have any long-term memory? Look in the mirror: you are the corrupt one.
- lazyeye 1y ago
  Weird comment? Why am I the corrupt one? I think there is a deep institutional corruption that exists across the food and health bureacracies. and it persists regardless of who is in power. And no doubt there are many Democrats too who benefit from the status quo. I dont think Michelle Obama absolves them of their sins.
  - aredox 1y ago
    It was the Republicans who kneecapped Michelle Obama's initiative. Not the Democrats. Stop trying to bothside this. And "who is in power" is decided by your vote. You could vote anytime against those Republicans who voted again and again against health because it was too "socialist". Now you have a health secretary who is happy that the sugar in Coca-Cola is another type of sugar.