William Lindsey :toad:<p>Chiara Eisner reports on how, with a hepatatis C outbreak now occurring in multiple states, the CDC under the Musk-Trump regime is shuttering the one lab that could monitor, report on, and help us deal with this outbreak:</p><p>"Ongoing investigations of current hepatitis outbreaks have been stalled, not just in Florida, but also in Oregon, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Wisconsin, West Virginia and Georgia."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/hepatitis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hepatitis</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/nx-s1-5355131/hepatitis-cdc-lab-outbreak-ghost" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/04/16/nx-s1-53551</span><span class="invisible">31/hepatitis-cdc-lab-outbreak-ghost</span></a></p>