Quote Originally Posted by HopAlongBunny View Post
It seems the CDC is walking back the 7 words memo.

“It’s absurd and Orwellian, it’s stupid and Orwellian, but they are not saying to not use the words in reports or articles or scientific publications or anything else the CDC does. They’re saying not to use it in your request for money because it will hurt you. It’s not about censoring what CDC can say to the American public. It’s about a budget strategy to get funded.”

The message is: "Play nice, and don't look to "trigger" the people who vote on your funding"
Full article:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017...re-not-banned/

I guess (?) that's better
That's actually how the CCP rolls these days: "soft" censorship.

Rather than directly telling people what they can or cannot do, much easier to let them figure it out for themselves from innuendo and environment, and self-censor.