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CDC data are disappearing

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perihelions ◴[] No.42899231[source]
The scope of the scrubbing is broader that datasets. On /r/medicine they're reporting that some treatments guidelines for physicians (100 page+ PDF's) are disappearing, if they're adjacent to the topic of sex:

https://old.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/1iepzln/cdc_has_r... ("CDC has removed the pages with STI treatment and contraceptive guidelines (self.medicine)")

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NelsonMinar ◴[] No.42904183[source]
The CDC page on PrEP, a life-saving medicine to protect against HIV, has been removed. This will result in people dying. https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/prevention/prep.html
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beefnugs ◴[] No.42904509[source]
Isn't this a worthwhile kick in the pants?

No one who actually relies upon real raw data is just downloading a live snapshot from official government hosting on demand are they?

Proper data handling procedures is streaming updates, doing your own backups and archiving and sharing where possible and important. Not trusting the everlasting benevolence of whiplash politically controlled resources?

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1. llamaimperative ◴[] No.42905641[source]
> whiplash politically controlled resources

When was the last "whiplash" that did something this catastrophic?

Put blame where blame lies.