Erasing the Warnings, Erasing the Future: Why Health Information Must Stay on Government Websites
They are scrubbing the records. Not So Quietly. Methodically, Though.
If you go looking, you’ll notice the gaps. The CDC’s Long COVID page? Gutted. The NIH’s research on COVID-19 persistence? Vanished. HIV, polio, and measles —diseases we swore never to forget—are now being swept from sight. Even SARS-CoV-2, the virus that crapped the last five years world, is being treated like old crap, not an ongoing issue.
And the question we should all be asking is: Why?
Government Pretends the Sick Do Not Exist
A government, any government, only thrives when its people do. This is a simple truth, old as time. Empires collapse when the fields are empty, when the soldiers weaken, and when the children stop growing. A nation’s power is not its weapons, economy, or borders. It is in its bodies—the collective health of its people.
Yet here we are, watching our governments erase the warnings that could keep their citizens standing. What good is an army if the recruits are too sick to train? What happens to a workforce when fatigue and brain damage become the new normal? What happens when the next pandemic arrives, and people don’t even remember how to fight back?
They think that if they remove the words, the illness will follow. But the disease is not bound by politics. A virus does not disappear because it is inconvenient.
The Deliberate Takedown of Public Health Information
We used to believe that once a disease had been studied, the knowledge would always be there, ready to guide the next generation. But in the last few years, we’ve seen something chilling: governments are not just failing to act; they are actively undoing the public health knowledge that was once available.
• The CDC quietly removed guidance on Long COVID, downplaying its impact just as millions struggle to work, to think, to breathe.
• SARS-CoV-2 is treated like a past event, even as new variants evolve and reinfection wreaks havoc on immune systems.
• HIV prevention programs are being dismantled, despite rising infection rates.
• Measles, polio, and other preventable diseases are making a comeback, yet crucial vaccination data is harder to find.
This isn’t just neglect. This is intentional erasure.
The Lies They Tell Us
They say the pandemic is over.
They say Long COVID is rare.
They say reinfections don’t matter.
They say polio is nothing to worry about.
They say nothing at all.
And yet, insurance is going up from COVID related diseases. Disability claims surge. Parents kids health down after returning to schools. Actuaries, the money people who deal with reality warn that we are unprepared for what comes next.
The truth is, silence does not heal. Removing information does not cure disease. It only makes the next wave hit harder, leaving more people confused, alone, and unprotected.
The Future They Are Choosing
A government that erases health warnings is a government that is willing to trade lives for convenience. They are choosing short-term political gain over long-term survival. They are choosing ignorance over preparedness.
And yet, history has already told us what happens when health is ignored. The Black Death reshaped Europe. The 1918 flu pandemic killed tens of millions. HIV was ignored for too long, and entire generations paid the price.
Every time, it was knowledge—public, shared, and undeniable—that eventually saved lives, money.
Do List
We cannot let them make disease invisible.
• We must archive every page they delete, every study they hide, every guideline they erase.
• We must speak louder than their silence, warning people even when governments refuse to.
• We must demand accountability, reminding those in power that public health is not a privilege—it is their duty.
Lastly, form alternative institutions. The World Health Network is a good starting point. They are an independent alternative to government resources, globally.
Because health is everything. As the population goes, so goes its strength. If they erase our warnings, they erase their future.
And we will not let them.