{"id":8566,"date":"2017-12-16T16:40:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T21:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/?p=8566"},"modified":"2017-12-17T18:15:41","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T23:15:41","slug":"cdc-receives-list-of-additional-forbidden-words-and-phrases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/cdc-receives-list-of-additional-forbidden-words-and-phrases\/2017\/12\/16\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC Receives List of Additional Forbidden Words and Phrases"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Right on the heels of\u00a0prohibiting certain words or phrases in the Centers for Disease Control’s budget documents<\/a>, the President’s Office of Financial Services has issued a second list.<\/p>\n

Now, not only must CDC officials avoid using words such as “vulnerable”, “diversity”, “fetus”, “transgender”, and “evidence-based”, they also have to steer clear of several other words or phrases.<\/p>\n

These include the following, which were issued along with the stated rationale and, at times, proposals for alternate or cautionary language:<\/p>\n