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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/36033796

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

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[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 66 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (16 children)

9% of the remaining staff.
Another 4,000 government employees were fired across other vital programs.

We are still leas than a year into this 4 years presidency.

There isnt just gonna be a fixing this. The US is going to have to take decades to rebuild itself from scratch whenever this fascist agenda ends.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 day ago (13 children)

~~whenever~~if this fascist agenda ends.

[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago (11 children)

That's one of the few silver linings of fascism, it always ends. It's inherently unstable.

[–] Grandslamdalf@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Nuclear weapons have the same silver lining! What a coincidence!

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