RFK Jr.'s massive cuts stun staff, leave senior employees scrambling

[ShazzieB]

More fucked up news from Trumpland.....

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s move to gut and reorganize the federal health department shocked many people tasked with making it happen, and left others fearful that everything from the safety of the nation’s drug supply to disease response could be at risk.

The disaster preparedness agency in the Department of Health and Human Services has just two days to prepare a plan to fold itself into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an HHS official, granted anonymity for fear of retribution.

Health staffers entrusted with regulating prescription drugs, managing public health programs and conducting scientific research were blindsided by the cuts, with many learning the details from a Wall Street Journal story published early on Thursday, several people familiar with the matter said.

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A longtime anti-vaccine activist, Kennedy spent years criticizing the health department and sowing doubts about its work on vaccines and other drugs. In the weeks before Trump nominated him to run HHS, Kennedy vowed to purge the FDA, writing on X that staffers at the agency should “pack your bags.” He had alsothreatened to fire 600 employees at the National Institutes of Health employees on his first day. The planned cuts to the agency unveiled Thursday would amount to roughly twice that number.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/27/very-few-people-know-whats-happening-rfk-jr-cuts-surprise-and-alarm-00254822

I don't even know what to say.

[NoRethugFriends]

1. Shocked? Someone was shocked by something he did? Give me a break.