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'CDC is over': RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre (www.msnbc.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by cyrano@piefed.social to c/science@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/36033796

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

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[–] freddydunningkruger@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

And by the way, Sir Genius, the CDC doesn't manufacture Measles vaccinations.

So people in America who are intelligent and understand how vaccinations work will continue to get them. But seriously, you need to worry less about the US and start focusing on your own vaccination problems in the EU, according to this, and using YOUR LOGIC, you guys are a biohazard

https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/measles-rise-again-europe-time-check-your-vaccination-status#%3A%7E%3Atext=Data+on+measles+cases+in%2Cduring+the+spring+of+2025

[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

The CDC/ECDC's job is also to monitor and alert, and it’s doing exactly that.

The US just lost that capability