Is the NLM Search Database (PubMed, Medline) At Risk of Being Filtered for Undesirable Content by the Federal Government?

[Aether2000]

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Recently, the US Federal Government has made changes to filter out data from online databases that they consider DEI or that is not aligned with their conservative ideological political views. These data purges removed 3,000 datasets and over 8,000 webpages, wiping out access to data on vaccinations, black history including military service of the black community and the location of burial sites of specifically black soldiers, data on climate change, rights of LGBTQ, civil rights, HIV/AIDS, information about COVID-19, and other information and data,

Since HHS (JF Kennedy Jr.) controls the NIH and therefore the National Library of Medicine, it would follow that the database we all use to search medical abstracts (PubMed) and some free articles (PubMed Central) may be at risk of being similarly purged. Such purges, if employed, could remove data on abortion, abortion methods, birth control, vaccination and vaccine safety, environmental and climate issues, effects of pollution on health, anything LGBTQ, and race related studies, etc. This morning, PubMed is not available for searching for "maintenance". There are alternative free data searches available including Euro PMC that may not be affected by any purging of data by the US federal government. Are there other free abstract access sites devoid bias induced by US government interference and filtering of access to PubMed?

 

[aneftp]

News to you. The govt controls data.

 

[cchoukal]

News to you. The govt controls data.

I'm not sure this is a useful response. As a physician, you should be concerned that the government is limiting access to peer-reviewed, published scientific information to fit its warped and limited worldview. You're welcome to share all sorts of fake examples of how Obama limited what people could know about the ACA before it came out, or how Biden lied about whatever, but dude, come on. You know this ain't right.

 

[aneftp]

I'm not sure this is a useful response. As a physician, you should be concerned that the government is limiting access to peer-reviewed, published scientific information to fit its warped and limited worldview. You're welcome to share all sorts of fake examples of how Obama limited what people could know about the ACA before it came out, or how Biden lied about whatever, but dude, come on. You know this ain't right.

I don’t trust many things that are published anyways. I take them with a grain of salt. Data can always be manipulated.

I do think trump has gone overboard with some of the antics like you posted.

But there is objective data like the New England journal of medicine chlorprep study that the journal refuses to redact. For fear of everyone getting sued for being bribed by the care fusions company’s products.

https://blog.hospitalmedicine.org/patient-safetys-first-scandal-the-sad-case-of-chuck-denham-carefusion-and-the-nqf/

 

[Goro]

Recently, the US Federal Government has made changes to filter out data from online databases that they consider DEI or that is not aligned with their conservative ideological political views. These data purges removed 3,000 datasets and over 8,000 webpages, wiping out access to data on vaccinations, black history including military service of the black community and the location of burial sites of specifically black soldiers, data on climate change, rights of LGBTQ, civil rights, HIV/AIDS, information about COVID-19, and other information and data,

Since HHS (JF Kennedy Jr.) controls the NIH and therefore the National Library of Medicine, it would follow that the database we all use to search medical abstracts (PubMed) and some free articles (PubMed Central) may be at risk of being similarly purged. Such purges, if employed, could remove data on abortion, abortion methods, birth control, vaccination and vaccine safety, environmental and climate issues, effects of pollution on health, anything LGBTQ, and race related studies, etc. This morning, PubMed is not available for searching for "maintenance". There are alternative free data searches available including Euro PMC that may not be affected by any purging of data by the US federal government. Are there other free abstract access sites devoid bias induced by US government interference and filtering of access to PubMed?

Comrades Stalin and Mao would approve, da?