r/publichealth • u/esporx • 1d ago

NEWS Top adviser to RFK Jr. will serve as acting CDC leader after White House pushes out director, AP source says

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/top-adviser-rfk-jr-serve-acting-cdc-leader-125077811
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u/Immediate_Thought656 1d ago

No science background whatsoever and former CEO of the Thiel Foundation. What could go wrong?!

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u/JMurdock77 1d ago

The usual conspiracy theorist crowd is deafeningly silent over all this.

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u/Immediate_Thought656 1d ago

The fucking Heritage Foundation is the shadow government and “deep state” those fucking idiots have been whining about. They’re just too dumb to realize that.

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u/nonsensestuff 1d ago

Doesn’t the Senate need to confirm a replacement though?

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u/Tibreaven Infection Control MD 1d ago

The Senate needs to do a lot of stuff that the executive admin is unilaterally doing anyway.

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u/nonsensestuff 1d ago

🫠 true

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u/SouthernGentATL 1d ago

A temp actor does not require senate approval by there is a short limit on how long he can act.

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u/I_Try_Again 1d ago

Don’t worry folks, we’re in good hands. Barf.

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u/Lonely_skeptic 1d ago

When will the official bureau of incompetence open? Trump’s already got the staff.

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u/biograf_ 1d ago

RFK Jr. is in the Epstein files.

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u/bluewhale3030 1d ago

Just because he's an evil stupid dipshit doesn't mean he's in the Epstein files. At this point saying stuff like this is an insult to the people who were actually hurt by Epstein et al. People can be monsters without being associated with him. RFK Jr is and was already bad enough by himself.