Seven words that are banned on CDCs. On Thursday, Trump administration gave CDC list of banned words, “fetus,” “transgender,” “vulnerable,” “entitlement,”, “science-based” and “evidence-based.”
In a 90-minute briefing policy, analysts at the nation’s leading public health institute were presented with the menu of the above mentioned seven banned words.
Now Officials at the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, the agency that is tasked with saving and protecting the lives of the most vulnerable, are under order by the Trump administration to stop using words including “vulnerable” in 2018 budget documents.
Reports say alternative word choices were presented in some cases. For instance, in place of “evidence-based” or “science-based,” an analyst has been suggested to say, “CDC bases its recommendations on science in consideration with community standards and wishes,”. But the people working on the Zika virus’s effect on developing fetuses may be at loss for appropriate words.
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People’s reaction in the room was “incredulous,” as per the report of a longtime CDC analyst , “It was very much, ‘Are you serious? Are you kidding?’”
The analysts are expecting growing backlash with the spread of ban of the words.
“The assertion that HHS has ‘banned words’ is a complete mischaracterization of discussions regarding the budget formulation process,” says Health and Human Services spokesman Matt Lloyd in a statement.
people outside the agency, are already responding with their own choice of words.
Through a written statement, Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, said that pretending and insisting that transgender people do not exist, and allowing this lie to infect public health research and prevention is irrational and very dangerous.
Dana Singiser, vice president of public policy and govt affairs for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, also weighed in, calling the order “reckless” & “unimaginably dangerous,”.
Singiser also said that they cannot fight against the Zika virus, or improve women’s and fetal health, if they are unable to use the word ‘fetus.’ They must be able to talk about science and evidence if they are to research cures for infectious diseases such as Ebola,.
She also added that they must be able to acknowledge the humanity of transgender people to address their health care needs. They can’t erase health inequities faced by people of color simply by forbidding the use of the words ‘vulnerable’ or ‘diversity’.
Rush Holt, chief executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science said that there is still a word that is still allowed and the word is “Ridiculous.”
