CDC buried by bureaucratic red tape.
By on Mar 3rd, 2008 at 10:40 pm
CDC buried by bureaucratic red tape.
Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are charging that the current head, Dr. Julie Gerberding, has “driven away the agency’s best scientists while embittering many of its 7,000 employees.” Senior scientists “now spend roughly a third of their time on administrative tasks that previously took up no more than 10 percent” and lack the independence to “investigate possible harm from vaccines.” (The site CDC Chatter offers daily complaints by agency employees.)
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The CDC has become just another political & corporate tool.
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:46 pmAnd this surprises whom? Which pharma lobbyist is heading this agency up?
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:52 pmYeah, Bushco, lets fu(k up the CDC. All we need now is a viral Katrina.
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:53 pmSo, did anyone expect anything else from Herr Botch & Friends?
Is there ANYTHING this crowd hasn’t screwed up totally, once they got their hooks into it?
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March 3rd, 2008 at 11:01 pmMission Accomplishedâ„¢!
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:04 pmKeep those scientists filling out forms so they won’t have time for any ‘liberal’ research
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:11 pmIs there anything Bush can’t or won’t destroy?
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:16 pmAnother “faith-based” Republican failure?
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:19 pm10 Comment by Gin
stooping to your usual low I see.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:25 pmWow, we are getting porn spam? Must have hit the big time.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:27 pmWow, Gin is a misogynistic pig? Whoda thunk it.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:27 pmAnd all the men that Bush has appointed whom are not qualified, they’re okie dokie because they’d men?
Crawl back under your rock. You are truly embarrassing yourself.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:30 pmJanuary 20, 2009
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:30 pmThe end of an Error
Heckuva a job, Ginny.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:31 pmPurty mouth? Ok, I am completely creeped out now.
I wonder how many bandages are on those knuckles as they drag across the floor when he walks.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:33 pmHe should just get a Porsche and get over it.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:35 pmI doubt he could see over the steering wheel.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:35 pmGin is a joke. No real person here. Trying too hard to be offensive. Way too lame to be for real
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:37 pmGin, another woman hating Republican, will wonders never cease.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:38 pmLet’s see…bog the CDC down in needless paperwork so they can’t do their jobs.
Bird Flu=Martial Law?
I swear I never was one for conspiracy theories until this crew came to power. But when you purposely politicize every government agency by stacking them full of incompetent hacks you have to wonder. At the very least I hope the American public has come to realize that putting party over country isn’t the way to govern.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:41 pm“Give a female a little power and it never fails to go to hear head.”
Like that republican shrew, Bernadine Healy.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:41 pmYeah, goopers loves theirs womens; at home, pregnant, subservient, ignoring their indiscretions, adoring their every ignorant word, yes’m bossman, I luvs ya.
GAG ACK BARF!!
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:42 pmI wonder how many bandages are on those knuckles as they drag across the floor when he walks.
Comment by Ms_Joanne — March 3, 2008 @ 11:33 pm
gin , like gg, is a woman. that’s how sick repigs are.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:44 pmI’d say I didn’t believe you, Lefty, but after reading that Charlotte Allen tripe the other day, and hearing Ann Coulter say women should vote, I would love it if it all started with them.
Go back to your kitchen ladies, and let the big boys take care of you.
Sick fu(ks. Sad, sick fu(ks. An embarrassment for women everywhere.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:46 pmNo, I am wrong, they are not sick…they are brainwashed by the likes of James Dobson. Brainwashed by the male view of the bible. Ugh.
No wonder more and more people are turning away from religion and why the religious nutcases are freaking out. Less followers less money…and it’s always about the money.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:48 pmgin and gg are both GOP operatives, paid less than minimum wage to troll liberal sites. they are both female, and are full of the cold, calculating self-hatred of the typical rightwing sociopath. ignoring them completely will not shut them down, because they get paid. suffice it to say that the truth is not their friend.
March 4th, 2008 at 12:01 amIs that the James Dobson that likes to show his package to his kids in the shower? Does nobody find that the least bit disturbing? Where is Child Services?
March 4th, 2008 at 12:02 amsuffice it to say that the truth is not their friend.
Comment by Lefty Patriot — March 4, 2008 @ 12:01 am
I don’t think they have any friends. Even if they ever met, they’d probably hate each other.
March 4th, 2008 at 12:07 amWe decimated GG on the previous thread, it disappears from there and Gin appears here.
Sockpuppets maybe? Or a shift change…. heh
March 4th, 2008 at 12:07 amOh, JP, please send me a link on that one!! Dobson is creepy to me from the female perspective. That takes creepy to a whole new level. Do share, doll!!
March 4th, 2008 at 12:08 amComment by Lefty Patriot — March 4, 2008 @ 12:01 am
Some people have no morals or ethics.
Whatever. De rigeour for a gooper. It goes without saying.
March 4th, 2008 at 12:10 amIt’s really too bad Dr Gerberding sold out this way. Bush won’t be in power forever, but her scientific colleagues will remember this.
March 4th, 2008 at 1:02 amNo wonder more and more people are turning away from religion and why the religious nutcases are freaking out. Less followers less money…and it’s always about the money.
Comment by Ms_Joanne — March 3, 2008 @ 11:48 pm
I agree. I think the world was a better place when the Time Magazine cover read, “GOD IS DEAD”.
March 4th, 2008 at 1:25 amM ore of Bush’s ‘Shock Doctrine, Fascist Capitalism ‘ agenda. You Destroy the government system so you can privatize the agency. That means ‘no oversight ‘, poor benefits, lower wages, along with corrupt and greedy management . Enron is the perfect example (and it failed miserably due to corruption and greed.)
March 4th, 2008 at 7:12 amDuke Ai asked: “What should be done to make the people loyal?â€
Confucius answered: “Exalt the straight, set aside the crooked, the people will be loyal. Exalt the crooked, set aside the straight, the people will be disloyal.â€
March 4th, 2008 at 7:19 amDr. Julie Gerberding, according to the link above, has no connections to big Pharma whatsoever. So, that kills one conspiracy theory. That doesn’t mean she isn’t caught up in the administrative “protect your own ass” culture. She may be so afraid of political attacks by one or more members of the Bush misAdministration that she requires massive documentation from her subordinates hoping to defend herself should she ever make a political faux pas. That particular atmosphere is not confined to Bushists however. A new administration may rule by terror also, Republican or Democrat or …..
March 4th, 2008 at 7:44 amThanks, also, for the–miserable hack, hack, groan–inadequate flu vaccine.
March 4th, 2008 at 12:50 pm#10 – cago en tu leche
March 4th, 2008 at 2:44 pm