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You know we're in uncharted territory when a former acting director of the #CDC, a scientist who spent years at the agency, says Americans can no longer look to the current CDC, under the current HHS leadership, for accurate vaccine guidance. https://www.statnews.com/2025/10/18/richard-besser-interview-first-opinion-podcast-transcript/
You know we're in uncharted territory when a former acting director of the #CDC, a scientist who spent years at the agency, says Americans can no longer look to the current CDC, under the current HHS leadership, for accurate vaccine guidance. https://www.statnews.com/2025/10/18/richard-besser-interview-first-opinion-podcast-transcript/
"The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) isn't publishing during the federal #GovernmentDhutdown, a departure from the past, according to sources.
" #CDC's flagship scientific publication 'was published during every previous shutdown back into the 1990s, at least,' Charlotte Kent, PhD, MPH, the most recent former editor of the journal, told MedPage Today."
Murderous stupidity
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/117978
"The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) isn't publishing during the federal #GovernmentDhutdown, a departure from the past, according to sources.
" #CDC's flagship scientific publication 'was published during every previous shutdown back into the 1990s, at least,' Charlotte Kent, PhD, MPH, the most recent former editor of the journal, told MedPage Today."
Murderous stupidity
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/117978
Defend Public Health reacts to mass firings at #CDC: "Did they really not know they were firing the people tracking Ebola? Did they not care enough to find out who they were firing and what they did before sending termination letters? The carelessness and callousness with which this administration handles life and death matters is unbelievable."
Defend Public Health reacts to mass firings at #CDC: "Did they really not know they were firing the people tracking Ebola? Did they not care enough to find out who they were firing and what they did before sending termination letters? The carelessness and callousness with which this administration handles life and death matters is unbelievable."
"Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/health/cdc-layoffs-measles.html
PS: More evidence of slash-and-burn tactics, haste, and recklessness. The Trump layoffs are about shrinking govt, not eliminating inefficiency -- just as the deportations are about ethnic cleansing, not crime. The Trump layoff criteria are bad enough. But these layoffs, like many before them, didn't even meet the Trump criteria.
#CDC #DefendResearch #DOGE #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
"Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/health/cdc-layoffs-measles.html
PS: More evidence of slash-and-burn tactics, haste, and recklessness. The Trump layoffs are about shrinking govt, not eliminating inefficiency -- just as the deportations are about ethnic cleansing, not crime. The Trump layoff criteria are bad enough. But these layoffs, like many before them, didn't even meet the Trump criteria.
#CDC #DefendResearch #DOGE #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( #CDC) has long served as the cornerstone of the US #PublicHealth system, combining technical expertise, evidence-based policy recommendations, and high-quality health information. Yet, it is undergoing profound weakening by the #TrumpAdministration, including major funding cuts, the dismissal and resignation of experienced senior staff, and the erosion of its scientific independence." https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2840162
#ImpeachRFKJr
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( #CDC) has long served as the cornerstone of the US #PublicHealth system, combining technical expertise, evidence-based policy recommendations, and high-quality health information. Yet, it is undergoing profound weakening by the #TrumpAdministration, including major funding cuts, the dismissal and resignation of experienced senior staff, and the erosion of its scientific independence." https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2840162
#ImpeachRFKJr
"More than 8,700 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees have been furloughed, according to documents reviewed by FOX 5. A union leader who represents #CDC staff members says it has lost decades of expertise following the August shooting and turmoil in the Department of Health and Human Services." https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/cdc-workers-morale-has-never-been-lower-after-shutdown-furloughs
"More than 8,700 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees have been furloughed, according to documents reviewed by FOX 5. A union leader who represents #CDC staff members says it has lost decades of expertise following the August shooting and turmoil in the Department of Health and Human Services." https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/cdc-workers-morale-has-never-been-lower-after-shutdown-furloughs
More than 150,000 federal employees will leave the U.S. government payroll this week after accepting buyouts — the largest single-year exodus of civil servants in nearly 80 years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/01/us-brain-drain-federal-workers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #nasa #cdc #fda #jobs #us #donaldtrump #republicans
Keep it up. Be smarter than the #Idiocracy.
Western #States Issue Their Own #Vaccine Recommendations to Counter #RFKJr
The guidelines, from #California, #Oregon, #Washington & #Hawaii, mirror those of major #medical organizations. They were issued a day before an advisory panel was to meet to review potential changes to #federal recommendations.
#PublicHealth #science #medicine #CDC #vaccines #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #HealthyIfYoureWealthy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/health/vaccine-guidelines-california-oregon-washington-hawaii-rfk.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Keep it up. Be smarter than the #Idiocracy.
Western #States Issue Their Own #Vaccine Recommendations to Counter #RFKJr
The guidelines, from #California, #Oregon, #Washington & #Hawaii, mirror those of major #medical organizations. They were issued a day before an advisory panel was to meet to review potential changes to #federal recommendations.
#PublicHealth #science #medicine #CDC #vaccines #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #HealthyIfYoureWealthy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/health/vaccine-guidelines-california-oregon-washington-hawaii-rfk.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
It took HIV/AIDS and COVID-19, but we look to be getting our own Australian Centre for Disease Control.
About bloody time!
This is a damned good move. Having to rely on state-run operations has led to fragmented responses and confusion. Some things need to be centralised at a federal level, and this is one such.
The fact that it's initials might be ACDC is a bonus 😁
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