Updating last Wednesday’s post — about how the federal Centers for Disease Control has advised that women of childbearing years not drink a drop of wine, beer or spirits unless they are on birth control — I did a longer post Friday at Cato at Liberty. Excerpt:
And yet I would have expected no less from a CDC headed by Thomas Frieden, formerly Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s public health czar in New York City. Under Frieden, an arch-enemy of salt, sugar, and guns, the CDC to the detriment of its focus on communicable disease has involved itself in topics from playground safety to suburban housing sprawl; has boldly employed federal tax dollars toward lobbying for changes in law; has set itself against all evidence that e-cigarettes (“vaping”) can serve as vital harm reduction for persons who would otherwise smoke; and much, much more.
More reactions: Lenore Skenazy, New York Post and Michelle Minton, CEI.
One Comment
Is this really unreasonable advice? Could this just be a reflexive position? No one is telling anyone they can’t do anything. They are suggesting you might not want to be drinking if you might get pregnant. What is wrong with saying if you want to be as safe as possible and take as little risk as possible, do this.