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CDC's top laboratory on STDs is shut by Trump administration

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157 points pmags | 1 comments | 07 Apr 25 05:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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classichasclass ◴[07 Apr 25 05:56 UTC] No.43608238[source]▶
I've had to use the CDC lab to figure out a drug-resistant Trichomonas infection. Lots of very skilled people at that facility and this is a bad one to lose; it was the only lab that did those sorts of tests. There's not enough money in it for commercial labs.
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pfannkuchen ◴[07 Apr 25 06:42 UTC] No.43608512[source]▶
How is there not enough money in it? Do only poor people get these sorts of issues? Serious question, no shade on poor people.
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1. colechristensen ◴[07 Apr 25 07:31 UTC] No.43608818[source]▶
I believe it is of the "there's only one lab in the world that does this kind of thing" variety. Testing and various services for extremely rare diseases.