Dozens of CDC employees turned a "clap-out" for fired and resigning members of the CDC hierarchy into an impromptu walkout to protest the change of policies imposed by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Particularly bold were those who shook hands with the former "monkeypox czar," without knowing where that appendage had recently been.
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The event was the culmination of the tumultuous 30-day reign of CDC Director Susan Monarez, during which she made it abundantly clear that she was not interested in collaborating with RFK, Jr., on his "MAHA" agenda. Once it became clear that Monarez was out and CDC was no longer a personal playground but part of the federal government, three other officials, including Dr. Monkeypox, resigned.
Last Wednesday, as sort of a prelude to today, 750 CDC employees sent a letter to RFK, Jr., and Congress accusing him of contributing to harassment and violence against government employees because someone who, rightly or wrongly, blamed CDC for his health problems, fired some 180 rifle rounds into CDC Headquarters. In the process, he killed a DeKalb County police officer before killing himself.
In response, the White House tapped top RFK, Jr. aide, Jim O’Neill, currently the deputy secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, to head up the agency.
There is a near certainty that this gambit will backfire. First and foremost, CDC is not held in high regard by anyone who is not wearing a facemask while driving their car alone. Outside the fevered minds at its Atlanta HQ, CDC was never a major player nationally in any major health crisis. I worked there for seven years, and the absolute dumdass stuff I saw, particularly surrounding the anthrax attacks that coincided with 9/11, would leave you slapping your forehead in disbelief. The resignations will allow Kennedy to place his personal selections into the non-Senate-confirmed jobs and keep acting CDC directors in charge until the Democrats get around to allowing John Thune to schedule a vote on President Trump's nominee.
As an added bonus, the 750 signatures on the letter lambasting Kennedy would be a good place to start for a reduction in force.
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