Trump’s New CDC Head Made Egregious Claim About Blue States
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There is no evidence that states are purposefully misclassifying abortion data to the CDC.

There is no evidence that states are purposefully misclassifying abortion data to the CDC.

Dr. Erica Schwartz, who on Wednesday became the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, made some alarming comments about abortion care during her confirmation hearings and signaled a potential increased surveillance of abortion patients.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) asked Schwartz if she would commit to collecting better data on abortions, pointing to the CDC’s annual report of how many abortions are done each year in the U.S. The data program is voluntary, meaning some states like California, Maryland and New Jersey choose to not report annual abortion numbers to the federal agency. However, 44 states currently have some form of required reporting system for abortion care.

“Abortion surveillance is absolutely a critical component of what the CDC is currently doing,” Schwartz responded.

  • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
    73·
    3 days ago

    Health research needs accurate data, and it’s how we figure out which medications/procedures are better/worse/harmful. In normal circumstances, that research would protect the people involved

    However, in some situations, that potential benefit isn’t worth the potential harm from the data being abused. I can see why people would prefer to limit that data in the states, even if that is to the detriment of those seeking care

    Based on the way the new CDC director responded, it sounds like she wants the data for harmful reasons, rather than helping improve care

      • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
        81·
        3 days ago

        The point was about whether medical data can be good, and people carefully explained the cases where it can be good and why its bad in this situation.

        If you’re saying that old fashioned research was helpful but the modern “AI” junk is stupid, then yes that is the exact point I was making.

        Or we can just keep commenting “fuck this fuck that” at everything and bury our heads in the sand.

        • slackassassin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          4·
          1 day ago

          Modern ai in the context of medical research is not even stupid in this situation, necessarily. Ml in research isn’t the same as industry pushing an llm. Not that any of this was about ai to begin with. I think that other poster might have been drunk or defensive or some shit.