Ars TechnicaAug 27, 2025
CDC stopped actively tracking 6 foodborne infections amid budget cuts
"If you want to make foodborne disease go away, then don’t look for foodborne disease."
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/08/cdc-stopped-actively-tracking-6-foodborne-infections-amid-budget-cuts/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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@arstechnica I call this approach "bending the needle": the gauge's needle moves into the red zone, the fastest, easiest, and cheapest "fix" is to bend the needle to point to the green zone again. It is a popular move by people in charge — see https://leisureguy.ca/?s=bend+the+needle
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