CDC Denies Word Ban as Uproar Ensues

"Here's a word that's still allowed: 'ridiculous'." 

Chief executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Rush Holt wasn't alone in his reaction to the Washington Post report that the CDC has banned seven words from its budget documents, the AP reports. 

As the CDC pushes back against the Post's story, experts have a lot to say on the matter.

  • 1984?: “It’s absurd and Orwellian, it’s stupid and Orwellian," a former federal official told the NY Times. "But they are not saying to not use the words in reports or articles or scientific publications or anything else the CDC does."
  • Alongside a photo of Orwell’s classic dystopian novel, Senator Jeff Merkley‏ concurred with that sentiment on Twitter: “Banned words in Trump’s America apparently include “evidence-based,” “transgender,” and “vulnerable.” Are you kidding me?!?!”

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