Category Archives: CDC

What HHS Secretary’s “Kiddie Killer” Kennedy’s ‘Gold Standard’ Science Actually Looks Like

Posted on November 20, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Yesterday, the CDC, under the guidance of HHS Secretary “Kiddie Killer” Kennedy, updated its “Autism and Vaccines” page: Like science denialists of all stripes, you’ll notice that they flipped the ‘null hypothesis.’ Rather than assuming vaccines do not cause autism, … Continue reading →

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One More Reason HHS Secretary Kennedy Should Be Removed from Office: Listeria

Posted on September 1, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

As if the body count and illness from Kennedy’s anti-vaccine policies won’t be bad enough, he’s also undermining food safety (boldface mine): As of July 1, the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) program has reduced surveillance to just two … Continue reading →

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When HHS Secretary Kennedy and Other Trump Appointees Foment Stochastic Terrorism Against Public Health Workers

Posted on August 11, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Last Friday, someone who was convinced that COVID vaccines caused his depression and suicidal tendencies murdered a police officer and fired dozens of rounds at CDC facilities in Atlanta. So it’s clear, high profile members of the administration, all of … Continue reading →

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According to the Republican Party Governing Blueprint, Project 2025, Public Health Should Be Worried About Saving Souls

Posted on July 15, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

No mentions of demons however. Among the torrent of bullshit that is the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025–a blueprint for a second Trump administration–is this section on public health (pp. 453; boldface mine): These distinct functions should be separated into two … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on New the CDC COVID Isolation Guidelines

Posted on March 5, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

If you haven’t heard by now, the CDC has changed its COVID isolation recommendations from isolating for five days before returning to work or school and can resume daily activities if they have been fever-free for at least 24 hours … Continue reading →

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CDC Presentation: Long COVID Occurs at Non-Trivial Frequencies

Posted on September 14, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

While the obvious importance of Tuesday’s ACIP meeting was the approval of the new booster shot (for everyone), the presentation on long COVID should be a bombshell, though given the unwillingness of most journalists to ask policy makers (politicians and … Continue reading →

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The Diagnosis That Shall Not Be Explicitly Stated

Posted on July 19, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

It is, of course, long COVID. Last Friday, this appeared on the Twitterz: The more often you get COVID, the higher your risk of complications.

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Not “Everyone” Has Been Infected with COVID

Posted on June 6, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Actually, it might be as high as thirty percent, at least through September 2022*. A subset of COVID minimizers are fond of saying things like ‘everyone has already had COVID’, but, according to CDC data that examine at how many … Continue reading →

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At Least Ten Percent of Attendees Came Down with COVID at the CDC EIS Meeting

Posted on June 1, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

For those who missed it, in late April the CDC held a meeting in Atlanta that turned into a superspreader event. Initially, the number of infected was described as a few attendees, but later reports had dozens of infected attendees. … Continue reading →

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We Seem to Have Given Up on COVID Prevalence

Posted on May 17, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

With the ending of the COVID public health emergency and the resulting change in reported CDC COVID-related data, it’s clear we’re flying blind here. At this point, the only meaningful data we have are wastewater data, and, as I’ve noted … Continue reading →

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