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CDC vaccine chief resigns, saying ‘enough is enough’ with Trump and RFK Jr. (www.advocate.com)

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Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, one of the nation’s most visible public health leaders and a longtime trusted voice for LGBTQ+ communities, has resigned from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He denounced what he describes as a wholesale dismantling of science under President Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Daskalakis posted his blistering resignation letter on X and Instagram on Wednesday evening. In it, he said he would step down as director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases on Thursday, citing irreconcilable ethical and scientific concerns.

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[–] rhvg@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Still 3yr 4months to go.

[–] Pavidus@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have a hard time fathoming where we will be by then.

[–] justsomeguy@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

You hear the distant drums of another tribe as the sun is setting over the north american wasteland. A hooded traveler appears in front of your gates and demands entrance. His name is xXThundercockXx123 and he declares that in the name of DOGE your budget of sticks and rocks is being cut to save costs. Only a few months left to go you think. Only a few months left.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pretty crazy the amount of damage they did in such a short time span..

[–] OminousOrange@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago

There's a reason it's called Project2025. They weren't planning to wait until 2026.