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News & Current Events Apr 2, 2026 at 9:33 PM

CDC pauses lab testing of rabies, monkeypox and other infectious diseases

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CDC pauses lab testing of rabies, monkeypox and other infectious diseases
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
CDC pauses lab testing of rabies, monkeypox and other infectious diseases
The federal government’s disease-tracking agency has paused its diagnostic testing for rabies, monkeypox and a number of other infectious diseases.
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chimarya Apr 2, 2026 +46
They really don't care about us do they? This administration is an enemy of the people at this point.
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StonkSorcerer Apr 2, 2026 +21
Don't care is the wrong word. They want us to die, poor and sick, and there is so much more malice than "don't care".
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CitySeekerTron Apr 2, 2026 +10
It's eugenics. They want to select out swathes of the population. 
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Khaeos Apr 3, 2026 +3
AI and Robotics means fewer peasants needed to supply the luxuries. Too many extra peasants and you get a revolution.
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NeedMyPaddles Apr 2, 2026 +29
Currently work in public health, we're having to send a lot more samples to California for testing. While they receive federal funding, the lab is also funded by the state and local counties. This move is basically making California incur costs that American tax payers pay the federal government for.
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angeltay Apr 3, 2026 +8
Yknow, I always b**** about my state taxes being too high but if Cali is actually stepping up here and helping out then I’m glad to pay them
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tikierapokemon Apr 3, 2026 +1
I don't want Cali to incur the costs that American tax payers pay the federal government for. The Red States already take more federal tax dollars than they give, and we give more than we take, and I really don't want our state tax dollars to fund other states as well, while we get called names and told we are leaches.
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NeedMyPaddles Apr 3, 2026 +1
Having worked with California's health department and public health lab, they are amazing. Where I work has a really good system and lab (with fewer capabilities) but California's system is like the "who I want be when I grow up" system.
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South_Butterfly_6542 Apr 2, 2026 +5
This makes sense. It's a shame that democrats don't fight this fire with fire. They're controlled opposition.
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WhatEvenIsLifeThis Apr 3, 2026 +1
And you're a controlled Russian troll, lol
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pinkfartlek Apr 2, 2026 +18
I don't get what the end goal is
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GarageFridgeSoda Apr 2, 2026 +22
Rich people get all the healthcare they need, and control the government. They do not need us to stay alive, there are enough poor people and we are fungible to them. So they want to spend money on things that enrich that already rich (i.e. the military industrial congressional complex makes billions from wars in Ukraine, Iran, genocide in Palestine, etc) instead of protecting poor people. Same reason why healthcare in general in this country is for profit. Letting sick people die is very profitable, that's the end goal.
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Into-the-stream Apr 2, 2026 +5
You know when they say “this war is costing $x of public funds per week”? Think “someone is making $x from public funds per week off of this war”. That reframing helps me to keep the truth of it all in perspective.
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Hyperica Apr 2, 2026 +5
population culling + weird f****** eugenics shit + cruelty makes them rock hard + money
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vieric01 Apr 2, 2026 +12
They do this at their own peril as well as ours, even if they don't know it. When people start to fear for their lives, or get desperate to keep them, they can be driven to actions otherwise unthinkable to them.
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accountabilitycounts Apr 2, 2026 +16
That's not like a Plague, Inc headline or anything.
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ShinyMacguffin Apr 2, 2026 +8
They are pretending to be the four horseman.
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mantis_tobaggan-md Apr 2, 2026 +4
This is a bigger deal than people may realize. Certain infectious diseases are notoriously difficult to test for and often have to go to the CDC for confirmation. Getting an accurate diagnosis is (obviously) critical to patient care but in the case of infectious disease it’s life saving. Thank god we still have the Mayo Clinic.
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DangerDarrin Apr 2, 2026 +6
Slow clap…great idea. Man, the US is so cooked…
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literallytwisted Apr 2, 2026 +4
It's probably more about staffing than anything else, They cut departments and I have heard from some acquaintances involved in medical research that no one currently wants to work for the federal government. People working government jobs do not do it for the money which can be way less than the private sector so without the prestige or the resources the government used to offer they won't work there.
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Fickle-Ad2042 Apr 3, 2026 +2
Seems like the best bet now would be to have some kind of bunker so you can quarantine away from all the infectious diseases while the permanent underclass dies off.
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AINonsense Apr 2, 2026 +1
Sure. Who cares, right? Science, schmience.
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menagerath Apr 3, 2026 +1
RFK is the type to think that contracting rabies makes you stronger.
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Valdorinex Apr 3, 2026
about time they paused the baby monkeypox experiments
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supercali45 Apr 3, 2026
GOP aren’t patriots
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