<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Used to be, if you had someone with a weird infection your local lab couldn’t sort out, you could send samples to CDC for testing.]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Used to be, if you had someone with a weird infection your local lab couldn’t sort out, you could send samples to CDC for testing. Now those labs are “pausing” testing. So anyway, Republicans are trying to kill you.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/d2083435-d6d0-42cc-9bad-04e389e45722/used-to-be-if-you-had-someone-with-a-weird-infection-your-local-lab-couldn-t-sort-out-you-could-send-samples-to-cdc-for-testing.</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:35:29 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/d2083435-d6d0-42cc-9bad-04e389e45722.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:52:18 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Used to be, if you had someone with a weird infection your local lab couldn’t sort out, you could send samples to CDC for testing. on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:38:49 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/mcnado%40mstdn.social">@<span>mcnado</span></a></span> <span><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@Fishercat">@<span>Fishercat</span></a></span> </p><p>Why is the Epstein Class is so keen on killing people?</p><p>1. Koch Network funded covid disinformation &amp; anitvaxxer Ideology because it wants to end democracy.</p><p><a href="https://jacobin.com/2021/12/right-wing-think-tanks-herd-immunity-death" rel="nofollow noopener"><span>https://</span><span>jacobin.com/2021/12/right-wing</span><span>-think-tanks-herd-immunity-death</span></a></p><p><a href="https://jacobin.com/2024/02/crack-up-capitalism-interview-libertarianism-democracy" rel="nofollow noopener"><span>https://</span><span>jacobin.com/2024/02/crack-up-c</span><span>apitalism-interview-libertarianism-democracy</span></a></p><p><div class="card col-md-9 col-lg-6 position-relative link-preview p-0">



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</div></p><p>2. Tim Mellon funds RFK Jr because the Mellon/Scaife dynasty has a long history of being eugenicists &amp; xenophobes. </p><p><div class="card col-md-9 col-lg-6 position-relative link-preview p-0">



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<p class="card-text line-clamp-3">Timothy Mellon is the Wyoming-based grandson of banking tycoon Andrew Mellon. He is responsible for nearly 98% of the donations to Texas’ border wall fund.</p>
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</div></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116341521071379406</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116341521071379406</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[npars01@mstdn.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:38:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Used to be, if you had someone with a weird infection your local lab couldn’t sort out, you could send samples to CDC for testing. on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:07:07 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/mycotropic%40beige.party" rel="nofollow noopener">@<span>mycotropic</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/mcnado%40mstdn.social" rel="nofollow noopener">@<span>mcnado</span></a></span> "It's God's will" but applied to government strategy.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/nini/statuses/116341396407729154</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/nini/statuses/116341396407729154</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[nini@oldbytes.space]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:07:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Used to be, if you had someone with a weird infection your local lab couldn’t sort out, you could send samples to CDC for testing. on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:06:26 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/mcnado%40mstdn.social" rel="nofollow noopener">@<span>mcnado</span></a></span> If they don't want you dead (that's one less worker drone) they do at least want you to be too sick to rebel but not so sick you can't work. A serf class like the old times, malaise and dread keeping them in check.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/nini/statuses/116341393767527341</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/nini/statuses/116341393767527341</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[nini@oldbytes.space]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:06:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Used to be, if you had someone with a weird infection your local lab couldn’t sort out, you could send samples to CDC for testing. on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:04:46 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/mcnado%40mstdn.social">@<span>mcnado</span></a></span> I'm not so sure they are trying to kill you as much as they really don't care if you die.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116279501467552162/statuses/116341387186474497</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116279501467552162/statuses/116341387186474497</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[rhempel@cosocial.ca]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:04:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Used to be, if you had someone with a weird infection your local lab couldn’t sort out, you could send samples to CDC for testing. on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:44:47 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/paulschoe%40mastodon.world">@<span>paulschoe</span></a></span> <span><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@Fishercat">@<span>Fishercat</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/mcnado%40mstdn.social">@<span>mcnado</span></a></span> </p><p>Or just being able to brag that the official rate has dropped to zero...</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/cptbutton/statuses/116341308610486136</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/cptbutton/statuses/116341308610486136</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[cptbutton@dice.camp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:44:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Used to be, if you had someone with a weird infection your local lab couldn’t sort out, you could send samples to CDC for testing. on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:36:42 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/mcnado%40mstdn.social">@<span>mcnado</span></a></span> </p><p>The second coming will be along any day now, so it doesn’t really matter does it??</p><p><img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f636.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--no_mouth" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="😶" alt="😶" /> <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f4a9.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--hankey" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="💩" alt="💩" /></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/GhostOnTheHalfShell/statuses/116341276811369781</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/GhostOnTheHalfShell/statuses/116341276811369781</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ghostonthehalfshell@masto.ai]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:36:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Used to be, if you had someone with a weird infection your local lab couldn’t sort out, you could send samples to CDC for testing. on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:48:15 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/mcnado%40mstdn.social">@<span>mcnado</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOP" rel="tag">#<span>GOP</span></a> is a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/deathcult" rel="tag">#<span>deathcult</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/jackcole/statuses/116341086323373745</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/jackcole/statuses/116341086323373745</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[jackcole@mstdn.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:48:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Used to be, if you had someone with a weird infection your local lab couldn’t sort out, you could send samples to CDC for testing. on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:46:18 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/mcnado%40mstdn.social">@<span>mcnado</span></a></span> </p><p>This is why you don't let people who believe in the biblical rapture into power. They're a death cult, that's it.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/mycotropic/statuses/116341078687592000</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/mycotropic/statuses/116341078687592000</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[mycotropic@beige.party]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:46:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Used to be, if you had someone with a weird infection your local lab couldn’t sort out, you could send samples to CDC for testing. on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:38:08 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@Fishercat">@<span>Fishercat</span></a></span> unlikely. There are some state labs, but they are in states that have been targeted by Trump’s funding cuts, and often at least partially rely on federal grants. It’s a clusterfuck.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/mcnado/statuses/116341046556091573</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/mcnado/statuses/116341046556091573</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[mcnado@mstdn.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:38:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Used to be, if you had someone with a weird infection your local lab couldn’t sort out, you could send samples to CDC for testing. on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:36:51 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/mcnado%40mstdn.social">@<span>mcnado</span></a></span> Who is going to be the first person to die of rabies? </p><p>No one should have to type that sentence in 2026, but here we are. </p><p>When I was one of hundreds affected by an outbreak of food-borne cryptosporidium, someone from the CDC called me. They were tracing everyone who had reported symptoms, and then contacting everyone else who might have eaten the food and urging them to get tested….impressive work! </p><p>I fear those days are long over.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/grammasaurus/statuses/116341041467034903</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/grammasaurus/statuses/116341041467034903</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[grammasaurus@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:36:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Used to be, if you had someone with a weird infection your local lab couldn’t sort out, you could send samples to CDC for testing. on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:30:57 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@Fishercat">@<span>Fishercat</span></a></span> </p><p>I expect that to be the objective: outsource CDC work to commercial labs from people who pay Trump a kickback.</p><p><span><a href="/user/mcnado%40mstdn.social">@<span>mcnado</span></a></span></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/paulschoe/statuses/116341018285099665</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/paulschoe/statuses/116341018285099665</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulschoe@mastodon.world]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:30:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Used to be, if you had someone with a weird infection your local lab couldn’t sort out, you could send samples to CDC for testing. on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:30:01 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/mcnado%40mstdn.social">@<span>mcnado</span></a></span> if they kill you now they don't have to try to figure out how to feed you in five years when the planet no longer sustains an environment required for sufficient food growth.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bebadefabo/statuses/116341014639158757</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bebadefabo/statuses/116341014639158757</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[bebadefabo@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:30:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Used to be, if you had someone with a weird infection your local lab couldn’t sort out, you could send samples to CDC for testing. on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:55:08 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/mcnado%40mstdn.social">@<span>mcnado</span></a></span> </p><p>It is gruesomely fascinating to watch a country devolve itself in realtime</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/screwturn/statuses/116340877434541008</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/screwturn/statuses/116340877434541008</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[screwturn@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:55:08 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>