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‘The damage is beyond repair’: The CDC is facing another round of deep staff cuts
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suffered another round of deep staff cuts late Friday, with disease detectives, outbreak forecasters, policy and data offices among those impacted, according to four sources with knowledge of the layoffs.
âThe administration did not like that CDC data did not support their narrative, so they got rid of them. They didnât like that CDC policy groups would not rubber stamp their unscientific ideas, so they got rid of them,â according to an agency official who asked to not be named for fear of losing their job.
The fresh round of firings came after a month after US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called for ânew bloodâ at the agency.
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'CDC is over': RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moved one step closer to his goal of dismantling the nation’s premier public-health agency by dismissing more than 1,000 scientists, doctors and public health officials from the Department of Health and Human Services late Friday night.
The dramatic move came during the second week of a government shutdown and is part of the Trump administration’s aggressive push to even further slash the size of the federal workforce and punish Democrats. The culling reportedly started with at least 4,000 people across departments including Education, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development and Energy, among others.
But the bloodshed at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was especially acute, according to a list crowdsourced by CDC employees who received layoff notices that was viewed by MSNBC. The firings ran across more than a dozen CDC divisions and centers, wiping out entire offices and teams that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses, collect data, publish scientific reports and communicate with global partners and Congress.