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CDC data are disappearing

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749 points doener | 1 comments | 01 Feb 25 11:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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Tyrubias ◴[01 Feb 25 13:19 UTC] No.42898068[source]▶
It’s terrifying that data US taxpayers paid for, collected and analyzed in the name of public health, can be removed on a whim. While there are a lot of efforts to archive said data, it would still make it unavailable to Americans who are not tech savvy. Unfortunately, that seems to be the idea, I think.
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jagged-chisel ◴[01 Feb 25 14:29 UTC] No.42898551[source]▶
Isn't this data already inaccessible to those who are not tech savvy? My grandma isn’t visiting any of the data download sites provided by the federal government. She doesn’t even know why she would, or even that such data is available. And if I provide it to her, she hasn’t the skills to do anything with it.
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Applejinx ◴[01 Feb 25 14:46 UTC] No.42898689[source]▶
That's why this is more of an attack on the Hacker News demographic, not Grandma.

If you had a real startup doing real things in healthcare, this is an intentional spoke in your wheels.

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whatshisface ◴[01 Feb 25 14:49 UTC] No.42898704[source]▶
Grandma goes to the doctor.
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tremon ◴[01 Feb 25 15:09 UTC] No.42898885[source]▶
That's only an indirect effect. The direct attack will be when grandma can no longer afford to see the doctor.
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1. nessbot ◴[01 Feb 25 21:00 UTC] No.42902262[source]▶
Indirect does not mean lesser. An ill-informed doctor might be just as bad as no doctor.