President Trump’s nominees for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and Director of the FBI will be facing confirmation hearings in the U.S. Senate this week.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to face sharp questioning over his nomination to head the Dept. of Health & Human Services because of his skepticism toward the effectiveness of the federal food and medicine regulatory apparatus.
In particular, large numbers of employees of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have been preparing their letters of resignation for the past two months and say they will quit if RFK Jr. is confirmed as HHS Secretary.
🚨BREAKING: CDC employees are reportedly preparing to submit their resignation letters in large numbers following the announcement that RFK Jr. will head the Department of Health and Human Services.
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— Donald J. Trump News (@realTrumpNewsX) January 27, 2025
Jessica Malaty Rivera is an advisor with the Debeaumont Foundation, she says she’s aware of “multiple employees” with agencies like the CDC who she says, “They refuse to work for this administration,” she says. “I understand it, but it’s terrifying. Because we don’t want to be in the position where everyone working at these agencies is anti-medicine, anti-science.”
As Secretary of HHS, Kennedy would have broad authority to oversee the operations of the CDC, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration.
Kennedy has faced criticism over his concerns regarding vaccine safety and for his book “The Real Anthony Fauci” which tracks the career path of the man who became the public face of the federal Covid response.
However, Kennedy has also attracted support from former CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield who has recently partnered with him on evaluating the efficacy and safety of vaccines.
Fmr. CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield Says He Has Started to Work with RFK Jr on Evaluating the True Safety & Efficacy of Vaccines
"I've started to work with Bobby Kennedy because Bobby Kennedy is not anti-vaccine. Bobby Kennedy wants to have an honest, open, transparent… pic.twitter.com/D4GnG0hlIj
— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) October 22, 2024
The threat of potentially hundreds of CDC employees quitting their jobs underscores the seriousness with which the Trump administration is going about correcting the mistakes of the previous administration.
Federal employees having a hissy fit should not be determining who their boss will be. Particularly when so many of them are so bad at their own jobs.
Gee, don’t let the door hit you in the behind on your way out. We won’t miss you all.
As has already been observed, immediate reaction to the headline – which was reinforced by the article – was the admonition to NB the relative positions of the door and one’s keister on the way out. These are the people that brought us toxic and ineffective jabs for infants and children? And anti-social distancing? And lockdowns? And useless masking? Etc… Saves the effort to identify and sack them later.