• just_another_person@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    You’re missing the part about public data. The CDC is legally required to post any data from studies conducted. This is because guidance of these studies is to be considered by medical institutions and professionals. It’s not a board of opinion that just randomly issues guidance with no scientific data to back it up.

    Using your example of the sharpie incident: he was mercilessly made fun of and laughed at, and numerous organizations came out and told him what a fucking idiot he was, and nobody listened to a thing he had to say regarding the context of the storm.

    Take that into account with this study:

    1. They come out with a bullshit study and slap the CDC’s letterhead on it
    2. Medical organizations look at the data
    3. Everyone notices the fake information and false numbers because…people aren’t fucking idiots.
    4. Nobody listens

    All these doom and gloom points of view are just not in the realm of reason and are completely ignorant of the fact that the rest of the world still exists and reviews this data as well.

    Everyone knows these people are idiots and mentally ill. The CDC is a scientific institution, yes, but does everyone need to abide by everything they say? Fuck no.

    If they issue a falsified study, it will be immediately disproven. Publicly. They aren’t a law-making agency by any means, so can they force medical institutions to abide by their studies? Fuck no.

    They’ll be laughed at by the rest of the world, and the dumbest amongst us will die of preventable diseases while trying to sidestep autism and find out it still exists anyway, while the more intelligent of us get vaccines and live on.

    If that’s these assholes want to take that road, then I welcome it. Fuck em.