Donald Trump has ordered a communications blackout at America's federal health agencies, according to reports.
The CDC, FDA, HHS and NIH have all been told to pause external communications, including publishing scientific reports, updating websites or issuing health advisories.
The directive came without warning, sources told the Washington Post, and with little guidance as to how long it may last.
The health agencies play a vital role in gathering and sharing critical information with the public, including on outbreaks of infectious diseases, raising the alarm over foodborne disease outbreaks and food recalls.
However, DailyMail.com received its automated weekly FDA recall email at 8am ET this morning.
It is not entirely unusual for incoming administrations to pause external communications temporarily, which may be done to help newly appointed officials understand the scope of information that is being released.
But some said that if the pause lasts longer than a week or two then it could be seen as concerning.
The new president, 78, singled out public health agencies in his inaugural address — saying that they 'do not deliver in times of disaster', referring to what many have seen as a mishandling of Covid messaging.
As part of his 'Make America Healthy Again' pledge, he has promised to overhaul the three agencies.
The communications blackout was issued by Stefanie Spear, a deputy chief of staff at HHS who joined the agency this week. She was also RFK Jr.'s press secretary during his presidential campaign.
The pause on external communications includes blocks on publishing scientific reports issued by the CDC, known as Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWR), advisories sent out to clinicians on the CDC's health network, data updates to the CDC website, and public health data released from the National Center for Health Statistics, including on drug overdose deaths.
The CDC had been scheduled to publish several MMWR reports this week, sources familiar with the matter said, including three on the bird flu outbreak alarming scientists.
It was not clear whether the directive also blocked the agencies from sharing urgent communications, such as on drug approvals or novel disease outbreaks.
Dr Lucky Tran, a Democrat-leaning science communicator at Columbia University, blasted the order as the beginning of censorship.
Jeff Jarvis, a retired professor of journalism at City University New York, said: 'This is terrible: Forced ignorance on health data.
'Officials in sane and scientific states must band together to report data on their own. We need such shadow governments.'
The CDC publishes on average about 50 peer-reviewed articles per week, in addition to updating numerous datasets and other materials, while the FDA initiates more than 500 food recalls per year.
The CDC receives about $24.9billion in public funding every year, while the FDA costs $8.4billion and the NIH costs more than $47billion annually.
At the beginning of Trump's first term, administration officials also asked public health agencies to cease communicating with the public it was reported at the time.
At that time, the limits appeared focused on agenices overseeing environmental and scientific policy, such as the Environmental Protection Agency.
Suggested plan: Force the agencies into silence for a month and, if no-one notices, they can all be closed down!
But who is going to tell me to stop drinking raw milk now?
One can hope!
I'll order my next batch of Ivermectin when RFK Jr. makes it publicly available like aspirin and it's available in every grocery store.
By then, the price should be down to about 10 cents per ivermectin pill.
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edit: "The new president, 78, singled out public health agencies in his inaugural address" ...
Love how they point out his age here. No reason, right?
RFK JR is going to WRECK these evil doers! Time to MAHA!
DOGE is probably looking at using AI to collect and disseminate data. Could eliminate significant waste and block biases that could be introduced by those with an agenda.
Good. Keep them on frozen ice until RFK is installed
Praise be to God. Let’s never hear from these corrupt agencies again
Stock up on fluoride y’all. Might not be available soon.
But... but... how will people lose IQ points???
Oh yeah, the mainstream media...
God I wish that covered pharma ads as well!
Date fagging alert:
10 days? Darkness. Ends on 2/2. Groundhog day.
Then the groundhog sees his shadow, and the storm is upon us.
I'll admit there is little reason to believe this. Just my gut noticing a coincidence.
Ground Hog day is definitely only in existence for comms. Has nothing to do with actually seeing shadows or weather lol.
Winning!
Wow... roughly 80 billion a year is invested/spent to lie to us and make us sick. Bring the whole behemoth down with massive exposure and criminal investigations.
Communication blackout? Wonder if its for 10 days?