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health information and data and does so through its publication,26 website,27 newsletter, press briefings, media channel,28 and social media platforms.29,30,31 CHD intends to make any records produced in response to this FOIA request immediately available to the public through both its website and its individual members' platforms. Many of CHD's individual members, including all its members who are journalists, are primarily engaged with disseminating information to the public and do so across various platforms including through interviews,32,33 blogs,34 articles,35 essays,36 podcasts37 and videos.38 Therefore, CHD and many of its members are "engaged in disseminating information to the general public, and as explained below, there is a clear "urgency to inform the public concerning actual or alleged Federal Government activity, here, the data and information underlying Dr. Anthony Fauci, the NIAID, and NIH's position on ivermectin as a treatment for COVID. Accordingly, expedited processing of this request is warranted. Recognizing the importance of transparency and accountability, the National Institutes of Health website states the agency -- which is made up of 27 institutes including the NIAID39 -- has a "long-standing commitment to promote the principles of transparency, participation, and collaboration by publishing NIH data that generates significant benefit for citizens and which helps the public hold the government accountable.40 A lack of transparency erodes the confidence the medical and scientific community, and the public have in the conclusions reached by Dr. Anthony Fauci and NIH, NIAID, and other U.S. health agencies. There is an urgent public need for such transparency in regards to ivermectin. 40 See https://grants.nih.gov/grants/public_accountability/ (last accessed March 7, 2022). 39 See https://www.nih.gov/institutes-nih#:~:text=NIH%20is%20made%20up%20of,particular%20diseases%20or %20body%20systems (last accessed March 8, 2022). 38 See https://live.childrenshealthdefense.org/ 37 See The Defender Podcast, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rfk-jr-the-defender-podcast/id1552000243 36 See e.g., https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/cory-zue-coming-clean-stand-against-covid-vaccines/ 35 See e.g., https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/ivermectin-beats-meds-treating-omicron/ 34 See https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/ 33 See e.g., https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/meryl-nass-tessa-lena-under-attack/, (last accessed March 7, 2022). 32 See e.g., https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/chd-tv-rfk-jr-defender-vanden-bossche-vaccinating-omicron-p andemic/, (last accessed March 7, 2022). 31 See https://rumble.com/user/childrenshealthdefense 30 See https://twitter.com/ChildrensHD 29 See https://www.facebook.com/ChildrensHealthDefense 28 See CHD.TV https://live.childrenshealthdefense.org/ 27 See https://childrenshealthdefense.org/ 26 Id.