#USA, #H5N1 #birdflu is getting worse, but #Trump has silenced the #CDC

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a gag order to the CDC, FDA and other departments by its acting secretary, informing them to terminate external communications before February 1, except for serious situations related to health and safety.

What do the FDA and CDC usually say? Nothing much, nothing that affects people's livelihood. They just send out a press release to tell everyone that a new drug has been approved, or issue new regulations, such as the previous rule that prohibits the use of red dye No. 3 in food. If it hadn't been released before Trump took office, it would not be released now.

There is even less content worth reading about the CDC, which only talks about the latest epidemics and how to deal with them, which are obviously not important. How can it be more important than the virtual currency issued by Trump's family?

HHS is the Department of Health and Human Services, and releasing information to the public is clearly neither healthy nor in the service of the public.

But here I have to defend Trump a little. When the US government is changing hands, it is not uncommon for the new government to ask all departments to temporarily stop external communications, mainly to ensure a smooth handover and avoid communication errors. However, this time is generally short, and the banned content is strictly limited, not a complete ban.

For presidents like Trump to impose a two-week ban on all visitors, it shows that previous presidents were not very smart. No one would have thought that they could do this.

Of course, now that the United States has the return of the wise and powerful President Trump, the situation is not just good, it is very good. No, it is not even very good, it is extremely good. Under such a gratifying situation, the CDC and other infectious disease control departments really have nothing to inform everyone.

For example, the CDC has a publication called Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. This is the worst kind of shit. It is updated every week and tells you how many people have died from this disease or what virus has been found. AIDS was first recorded in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Once the gag order is issued, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report should also be suspended for at least two issues. I don't think there will be anything important in these two issues. It's just that the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza is getting worse in the United States.

Originally, there should have been important updates in this regard in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report in the next two weeks, but such trivial matters and a few broken viruses cannot cause any trouble. With Trump around, he is like a god protecting him.

Although the FDA just announced last Friday that it would inspect pet food safety because cat food was contaminated with H5N1 and more than a dozen pet cats across the United States became seriously ill or died, under Trump's command, the WHO was kicked out and the CDC was banned. I believe H5N1 will soon realize how powerful the United States is.

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Source: NetEase, https://m.163.com/dy/article/JMIUM39E0552CSHY.html

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Stability of #influenza viruses in the #milk of #cows and #sheep

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#Evidence of #Viremia in Dairy #Cows Naturally Infected with #Influenza A {#H5N1} Virus, #California, #USA

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