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Re:Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in ... by fingrprintr on Sunday January 26, 2025 @08:11PM (#42836212)
Is the implication here that the CDC would do a better job than the rest of the media at reporting this? Do we have evidence of that in the past? Because it seems to me like folks know about this either way, and I’ll wager more people consume typical media outlets than the CDC’s weekly publications. Not sure what the value in government duplication of private sector work is here.
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Re:Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in ... by ceejayoz on Sunday January 26, 2025 @08:13PM (#42836225)
The CDC is likely to be one of the primary sources for said media on national health issues like this.
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Re:Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in ... by fingrprintr on Monday January 27, 2025 @01:58AM (#42838181)
This is a local health issue, the local equivalent is doing the work here.
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Re:Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in ... by ceejayoz on Monday January 27, 2025 @06:20AM (#42839821)
Disease outbreaks have a tendency to not… stay local.
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Re:Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in ... by fingrprintr on Monday January 27, 2025 @06:23AM (#42839843)
I’m sure the geniuses at the neighboring health authorities are perfectly capable of monitoring nearby conditions without falling back on federal intervention.
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Re:Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in ... by ceejayoz on Monday January 27, 2025 @07:14AM (#42840321)
So each state should have an healthcare embassy to coordinate with the other 49 states? Collecting the same data, but 50x?

Maybe we can call them the “Duplicate Centers for Disease Control”. Sure sounds efficient.

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Re:Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in ... by fingrprintr on Monday January 27, 2025 @07:56AM (#42840641)
You’re missing that these centers already exist.
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Re:Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in ... by ceejayoz on Monday January 27, 2025 @09:26AM (#42841424)
State health agencies exist, yes.

Coordinating between them is the CDC's job. Having them all individually coordinate with everyone else would be wasteful and silly.

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Re:Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in ... by dalemhurley on Sunday January 26, 2025 @08:16PM (#42836245)
Yes. The media will not communicate the depth and complexity of the details.
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Re:Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in ... by llamaimperative on Sunday January 26, 2025 @08:14PM (#42836230)
The implication is that the scientific and medical communities rely on infrastructure built and maintained by the scientific and medical communities to communicate and coordinate.

The general media consumes sources like this, obviously.

Doctors read bulletins like this so they're aware of what's going around and it can inform their clinical practice.

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Re:Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in ... by ziddoap on Sunday January 26, 2025 @08:18PM (#42836262)
>I’ll wager more people consume typical media outlets than the CDC’s weekly publications

Typical media sources the CDC weekly publications.

Well, used to, anyways.

Where do you think typical media got their information from?

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Re:Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in ... by fingrprintr on Monday January 27, 2025 @01:58AM (#42838179)
The state agency with the same mandate… which is what is already happening. No reason to duplicate that effort federally.
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