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CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed. (Including gender, transgender, pregnant person, LGBT, and more) (insidemedicine.substack.com)

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Since when does the CDC have the authority to do this in the first place? If the CDC can't effectively police actions during a global pandemic they sure as shit shouldn't have to authority to control the terminology used in medical research.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe research that used CDC funds?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago

Scientists are going to have to start living more modest lifestyles if they want to appreciate science more than wealth.