#cdc guidelines

[wikagirl]

CDC STI treatment and contraceptive guildines PDF downloads

HEY YOU YALL AMERICANS

one of my mates from valheim and swtor is a doctor from california and, since a lot of data has been disappearing from the website since trump took power, he posted the CDC guidlines for STI screening and treatment as well as info on contraception as PDF for us to use and distribute as we see fit.

I put all of the PDFs into a dropbox and you should be able to just download them without an account, it might give you a pop up to log in with google but logging in is not needed, a friend of mine tested it for me. If this does not work for you please tell me and...I'll figure out something else I guess

[tweedlestrove]

Some images that have been uploaded to blackbirds.wiki where I host the updated version of the marp links and have been doing work to make infographics utilizing the scrubbed and erased CDC info. Have fun spreading these around so that the censorship backfires.

[aquietglow]

Jessica Valenti has been tracking abortion news through her newsletter Abortion, Every Day. She consistently does a great job, and in today's newsletter shared this:

Let’s start with the most recent news: In response to the Trump administration scrubbing data from the CDC and other government websites, Abortion, Every Day launched CDCGuidelines.com. There, I’m collecting as many documents as I can about reproductive and sexual health, contraception, LGBTQIA and youth issues, domestic violence, and more.

The website is a work in progress and we’re prioritizing documents that have already been removed from .gov sites—though we’re also uploading any we believe are in danger of being deleted.

If you have a document you’ve saved or if there’s something vital you think we should look for to download, please email tips@abortioneveryday.com

[manuelnunezmd]

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[rikaklassen]

CW: discussion of the ongoing SARS-COV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Not happy about the CDC's decision to end any and all isolation guidelines. The recommendations are anti-science and anti-worker in the interests of the capitalist class. It's appalling business owners in the US (and Canada) rather chase profits of the next quarter rather than think about the long-term consequences of a labour force that is too disabled to work.

It's mind-blowing there haven't been a clean air revolution yet. Yes, we may not be able to do much about SARS-CoV-2 being endemic and constantly mutating; but there are some things we can do like better filtration, better air circulation, ceiling UV-C light disinfections, providing free or subsidized masks and respirators, paid sick leaves and so on. The working class deserves better and safer working conditions. And they should demand those.

While I may be Canadian and our recommendations are separate from American's, my best friend works in the service industry, more specifically, bars and restaurants, and many Americans cross the border for a myriad of reasons. And she is much closer to the border than I am.

I am really trying my best to make sure my friend is safe. She already has been reinfected a few times, and each time increases the risk of long COVID (eg. chronic fatigue, brain fog), cardiovascular disorders and other adverse health effects. I try to make sure she has the equipment she needs to mitigate reinfections, the safety net to take time off from work if necessary in the event of a reinfection. For her to attend and study at polytech acquiring a specialized skill so she could find a safer workplace.

Bestie deserves the world. It saddens me entitled customers, business owners, politicians, corporations and bureaucrats see her and many others as disposable. She deserves all the opportunities. Everything. The whole bakery.

I already send all of my paycheques and deposits to bestie. Every single penny I have. I shouldn't. She never asked; and she asked me to take care of myself first. But I gave her my words, and within my social circles, saying you will do something is taken very seriously and is seen as a promise. People will actually remind if you have said something and hold you to your words, even if you did not intend to make a promise in the first place.

I do give her everything I have anyway because my anxieties go away and I get peace of mind. Otherwise I just stay up all night ruminating.

People are tired of me constantly plugging PayPal, but here is her link: paypal.me/bglamours.

You're not obligated to donate. I will send anything I earned or received from families and the government to her regardless. But I have to try everything.

[aniseandspearmint]

About covid being over: are we just meant to put our entire social lives, our entire society on pause forever? My mental health plummeted during lockdown and will take years to recover. Now that there's vaccines and crowd immunity and less deadly strains we ARE meant to learn to deal with it as a given, the way we have with many deadly diseases in the past, and move on. So for the sake of life moving on at some point it's **normal** to treat it as a cold, and I'm saying this as someone who's lost people during the pandemic too. Please do not fear monger.

No, but you SHOULD care about other people enough to still mask.

I am NOT fearmongering.

Covid is still dangerous, especially to the many MANY people who are immunocompromised and people who cannot get the vaccines (for whatever reason).

I know several people who THIS YEAR caught permanently disabling covid, despite all being fully vaccinated.

I am not saying you have to quarantine yourself anymore. That was NOT a thing I said. There is a world of difference between wishing that other people cared enough to MASK, a thing that is NOT HARD AT ALL, and demanding that people still observe full quarantine protocols.

Plugging your ears and closing your eyes and refusing to listen when people are still justifiably worried, and not listening to experts that haven't been pressured by the government to say 'COVID IS NOT A THREAT ANYMORE YAAAY!!!' just makes you a fool.

I know that's harsh, but it's the truth.

Hospitals are no longer required to report covid cases and covid deaths as such. This is a GIANT RED FLAG that people are happily ignoring so they can feel safe.

[largishcat]

new CDC guidelines say it’s totally fine to go pet that wild animal that’s acting kinda weird

[rebellum]

"Huh. Maybe we should be judging babies development by what MOST babies do, rather than what the top 25% of babies do. Otherwise we are basically saying that a quarter to half of all babies might be experiencing developmental delays. Okay yeah, looking at the data for the past few decades, let's revise this using "average baby" as a standard."

"Oh so you're telling me this is NEW, so it MUST BE DUE TO COVID, you're just not saying it's due to covid."

[number1villainstan]

"However, both monotherapy [using only one antibiotic] and combination therapy [using multiple antibiotics] were more effective than no therapy [for anthrax infection]." YEAH NO FUCKING SHIT

[sheshallfromtimetotime]

Uggghhh

[angels-heap]

Good morning to everyone except the Centers for Disease "Control and Prevention," who have officially given up on control and prevention and told us all to go fuck ourselves.

[liminalweirdo]

literally so funny walking into a government office the other day that had no less than FOUR different "wear a mask and protect your community" signs and the only people masking in that whole office were... me. and my husband.

it's like that train commercial that's like "get there faster, safer," and the whole commercial doesn't feature a single masked person? like okay. safe for ... no one, then?

finally, looking for an eye doctor still requiring masks so i MIGHT be able to get my eyes checked for the first time since before 2020 and their website is like

"To ensure the safety of you and our community, we are diligently following the guidelines from the Ministry of Health and our professional Colleges. What this looks like in detail: Masks are now optional inside our store."

It's a joke.

masking is community care.

[shallpass13]

CDC guide to petting a feral cat:

✔️ Find feral cat

✔️ Pet feral cat

✔️ DO NOT let feral cat bite! (not again)

✔️ Wash hands

✔️ Strip clothing like contaminated gloves

[vergess]

Fuuuuuuuck the CDC

[lifewithchronicpain]

I agree with this so much but I want to push back on one little thing. I really hate straw man claims that when people disagree with you it’s because they want you dead, that’s a bit much.

I don’t doubt that some of the people that enact and support these horrible policies may want people like me dead or in prison, I know that attitude exists. However, I think the majority of people who believe these laws and restrictions do so because they don’t know any better and they don’t care to know. They simply think we’ll put up with it because it’s probably not as bad as we say. It may seem pedantic, but if I think anyone who supports opioid restrictions and genuinely want me dead is not a mind I can change. I think more minds are changeable on this issue if they would just get that facts that are not available on most mainstream media.

It sucks. But I say this because as a pain patient I once told a nurse the new guidelines are going to force people in pain to illicit sources and she straight up said “I never thought of it like that.” And that to me is the biggest problem, people don’t see the reality of these policies and can lie to themselves that it’s all working and everything is fine. I believe if more people see this issue from mine and other perspectives hurt by the restrictions, many would change their minds. But since this is affecting people who are sick and in crisis, no one sees.

So we continue to suffer in silence while mainstream media continues to peddle the doctor to patient addiction myth.

It is actually way better for 100 addicts to get their fix on pain pills than a single person in pain go without. I call this the "Torture is bad" principle. You should be able to get the good stuff forever after a single doctor's visit. If you're worried about addicts fund rehab centers and needle exchanges instead of torturing people.

[catboybiologist]

By now, there's lots of people have heard about the internal CDC memos for all newly prepared manuscripts (like future scientific papers waiting to be published):

There's so much to comment on, and I'm seeing it all right now. What the state of science is. What this means for the queer community. All of that.

But fuck, I think I might genuinely start crying over this. As a transgender biologist, this feels like a brutally personal blow. I slowly accepted my gender alongside my biology education. The more misinformation that was spewed about "biological sex" by mainstream media, the more my professors, colleagues, and primary sources would casually drop information that proved they have no idea what they're talking about. I'm not an expert on sex determination, gender, or transgender biology specifically by any means. But my worldview has been crafted by my studies in genetics and molecular biology.

Engaging with this research helped me demystify transition. It helped me optimize my transition. It helped me explain how HRT and other steps of trans healthcare work to other people. And it helped me overcome my own internalized transphobia, and finally start transitioning, despite knowing I wanted to since my preteen years.

Who knows how enforceable internal guidelines like this will be. But its certainly going to scare a lot of researchers away from transgender healthcare and science in the coming years, and that breaks my heart.

There's a lot I can say here, but fuck. I just needed to vent for a moment. Fuck.