N-gated Hacker NewsNov 30
📰 The New Yorker, in an attempt to sound intellectual, published a piece where they pretend to be shocked that government agencies sometimes act politically. Who knew?! 🤔 Meanwhile, the CDC's asterisk scandal of 2025 takes center stage, proving that even footnotes can be infamous. 📉🔬
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/08/the-undermining-of-the-cdc #TheNewYorker #CDCscandal #GovernmentAgencies #PoliticalNews #FootnotesMatter #InfamousStories #HackerNews #ngated
The Undermining of the C.D.C.

Dhruv Khullar on the agency’s decision to caveat established policy on vaccines and autism, and other bad decisions on public health, as flu season sets in.

The New Yorker