r/publichealth • u/theatlantic • 2d ago
NEWS ‘It Feels Like the CDC Is Over’
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/08/cdc-resignations-tipping-point/684038/?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social&utm_content=edit-promo170
u/rotervogel1231 2d ago
This is an example of why I'm worried about not living much longer. Between unsafe food and water, dirty air, and infectious diseases running rampant and unchecked, I'm waiting for something to take me down.
I feel that people who aren't concerned are exceptionally naive, exceedingly foolish, or both.
I also think that the 1% are the most foolish and naive of all. They think none of this will impact them, but they eat and drink from the same food and water supplies as everyone else, they breathe the same air, and poor people make their food, clean their houses, and watch their kids.
The rich aren't as insulated as they think they are, and when an infectious and deadly disease hits, it won't matter how much money they have if there's no treatment.
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u/gr8bacon 1d ago
I mean, I know it's fiction but the behavior of the ultra wealthy in movies like Elysium and 2012 probably isn't all that far-fetched...
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u/Alarming-Art-3577 1d ago
The 1% will go to their bunkers, have a few pints, and wait for it all to blow over.
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u/Hesitation-Marx 1d ago
Now I’m thinking about Dylan Moran getting yanked apart, but it’s Zuckerberg.
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u/theatlantic 2d ago
Tom Barlett: “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is coming undone. The White House announced last night that it had ousted the agency’s newly sworn-in director, Susan Monarez, whose lawyers insist that she still has her job because only President Donald Trump himself can fire her. (Yes, it’s a mess.) Four top officials resigned yesterday. Two of them—Demetre Daskalakis, who was the director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, and Debra Houry, who was the chief medical officer—told me that the group quit together to signal that they believe science is being ignored and that public health is in danger.
“The departures leave a leadership void that, according to current and former CDC officials, has demoralized the agency’s staff and will further undermine its ability to provide reliable guidance to Americans. As Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, who resigned from the agency in June as co-leader of a group that advises outside experts on COVID vaccines, told me, ‘It feels like the CDC is over.’
“I spoke with Daskalakis this morning just before he and Houry were escorted from the CDC’s Atlanta headquarters.”
Read more: https://theatln.tc/JGaFDnoo
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u/lifehackskeptic 1d ago
It's right there starting on page 449 of the 2025 Mandate for Leadership (Project 2025)...just beyond the attention span of the majority of the 2024 electorate. Sigh.
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u/NuancedBoulder 2d ago
Fuck that noise. I believe in interventions!
CPR and drips and a good dose of antibiotics to flush the toxins and the bacteria that are dumping them into our country’s bloodstream right out.
Do not give up!
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u/lampbookdesk 1d ago
Anyone with a subscription want to share the article? Can’t get past the paywall
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u/Pretend_Spray_11 1d ago
One way past the paywall is paying for it. Support the media you want to read.
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u/EnvironmentalRock827 1d ago
For now. I work with people and I'd really love to get the Covid shot this year but cvs isn't offering it in my state. Ffs
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u/Takeurvitamins 8h ago
This is what they want. The idea of any kind of public health is abhorrent to them
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u/Existing-Choice8768 23h ago
What they did to chronic pain ,was awful , they have taught a bunch of lies about the deaths of people on illegal drugs as the same as a person on a stable dose for years , the drug board in my state tells the Dr to cut them no matter it's on youtube
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u/spoogiedshark 2d ago
Because it really basically is. Good job, republicans.