[Magdalen] Words

[Roger Stokes]

On 16/12/2017 17:14, AT&T wrote:
> As a retired CDC employee, I would like to say the following: diversity, fetus, transgender, vulnerable, science based, evidence based, entitlement.

I link this dictum with what is happening at the EPA. We are talking 
about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is quite 
feasible that a loosening of pollution controls could lead to a 
situation where the health of vulnerable groups in particular would be 
threatened by the ingestion of some pathogen. The scientists at CDC 
would make a science and evidence based assessment of the risk and wish 
to alert said vulnerable groups to the risk and how they could mitigate 
it. An example would be the spike in infections related to backyard 
raising of chickens. 
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/chickens-cdc-illness-1.4364291 The report 
includes this sentence about salmonella infection "The bacteria often 
cause flu-like symptoms, including diarrhea, and can produce more 
serious infections in children, the elderly and people with weak immune 
systems." That is three vulnerable groups.

It is also quite plausible that new drugs or chemicals for agricultural 
use will be developed that have a deleterious effect on fetal 
development. The CDC miught well wish to draw attention to this if the 
EPA under its new Director is unwilling to curb the use of these chemicals.

Roger