“These data are public and they are ours,” Rasmussen posted. “Deletion disobedience is one way to fight back.”
As Rasmussen sees it, deleting CDC data is “theft” from the public domain and archiving CDC data is simply taking “back what is ours.” But at the same time, her team is also taking steps to be sure the data they collected can be lawfully preserved. Because the CDC website has not been copied and hosted on a server, they expect their archive should be deemed lawful and remain online.
“I don’t put it past this administration to try to shut this stuff down by any means possible,” Rasmussen told Ars.
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