Jocelyn Kaiser

It's really wild. So last week, as I was preparing for this episode, I just saw a bunch of pages on monkeypox prevention, HIV and transgender folks, health disparities among LGBTQ youth. They were all offline, but now they're back.

It's really wild. So last week, as I was preparing for this episode, I just saw a bunch of pages on monkeypox prevention, HIV and transgender folks, health disparities among LGBTQ youth. They were all offline, but now they're back.

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That is unbelievable. It's so Orwellian to just say that. I know. When in fact the biological reality is the exact opposite.

That is unbelievable. It's so Orwellian to just say that. I know. When in fact the biological reality is the exact opposite.

Also, on a website about monkeypox vaccines and prevention, it's... This is insane.

Also, on a website about monkeypox vaccines and prevention, it's... This is insane.

And is data actually being erased or it's just the websites are being just the websites don't work anymore?

And is data actually being erased or it's just the websites are being just the websites don't work anymore?

Right, and because some of these data sets use these supposed diversity and inclusion words, like tracking the sexuality of individuals, the gender, the race, they're worried that they're going to get scrubbed. Is that...

Right, and because some of these data sets use these supposed diversity and inclusion words, like tracking the sexuality of individuals, the gender, the race, they're worried that they're going to get scrubbed. Is that...

Climate change has also been hit really hard by this. We're seeing the Department of State had a climate change section on their website. It's gone. The White House website climate change page is no longer existing. Max, so speaking of, you know, you've mentioned these kind of forbidden words, these words that are no longer allowed to be on websites.

Climate change has also been hit really hard by this. We're seeing the Department of State had a climate change section on their website. It's gone. The White House website climate change page is no longer existing. Max, so speaking of, you know, you've mentioned these kind of forbidden words, these words that are no longer allowed to be on websites.

The CDC told its scientists to retract or pause the publication of any research manuscript that's been considered by a scientific journal to ensure that those manuscripts do not use these terms. And just to be explicit, the terms are things like gender, transgender, pregnant person, pregnant people, LGBTQ, transsexual, non-binary, assigned male or female at birth.

The CDC told its scientists to retract or pause the publication of any research manuscript that's been considered by a scientific journal to ensure that those manuscripts do not use these terms. And just to be explicit, the terms are things like gender, transgender, pregnant person, pregnant people, LGBTQ, transsexual, non-binary, assigned male or female at birth.

why is the CDC, this is a memo coming from the CDC, why is that organization capitulating to this?

why is the CDC, this is a memo coming from the CDC, why is that organization capitulating to this?

And then speaking of job losses, there has been quite a few firings going on just recently. So what's going on? Who's been targeted here when it comes to science?

And then speaking of job losses, there has been quite a few firings going on just recently. So what's going on? Who's been targeted here when it comes to science?