Awful to see the steady dismantling of the CDC. There are doctors and science advocates coming together to scaffold and build up trustworthy sources of info outside of the CDC. I follow epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina and she has a great newsletter she started up around Covid and has kept going - https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/ She recommends the general public avoid the CDC web site now. She recommends healthychildren.org powered by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Some U.S. states have also partnered together i.e. the West Coast Health Alliance that have pulled away from the CDC recommendations. A friend of mine in health noted it’s a big reason why we (I’m in California) can still get our Covid vaccines regardless of age while her sister in Oklahoma was denied. I know there are some North Eastern states that have also partnered up. Going to be very different healthcare messaging to navigate state by state…

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    Yes, the “brain worm guy” was a shitheel before he got a parasite that in no way made him the shitheel he is. He was spreading medical misinformation prior to that and that type of cist generally doesn’t effect neurology in a major way, and it’s actually more common then you’d think in certain parts of the world. So yes, medical misinformation and just a generally shitty thing to do.

    You’re just insulting other people that have had the same thing happen. How is that hard to see?

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        I wouldn’t say no one idiots abound after all.

        That isn’t really the issue though. Is it ok to make fun of people for medical issues.