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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 5h

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 41m

They continue to eviscerate the public health machinery that has quietly kept Americans, and others around the world, safe and healthy for decades.

The staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the journal that reports on health trends and emerging infectious threats, was also laid off. The publication’s storied history includes a June 1981 report that five previously healthy gay men were treated for an unusual pneumonia — the first hint of the AIDS epidemic.

Roughly 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers — the so-called “disease detectives” who respond to outbreaks around the globe — received layoff notices, according to a person familiar with them. The service was spared during an earlier round of layoffs in February.

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chuck @whatexactlyisup.bsky.social · 6h

if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the state of the world, an important task can be to trust yourself and find folks that you can trust, too. then do the work of community building. carpool. cook food for each other. be authentic and be present. that’s part of the work rn.

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 6h

Check again now - the changed it AGAIN!!!

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 6h

This has really shaken me. I feel you.

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Gabi 雪 @gabimccauley.bsky.social · 7h

Literally in tears. People outside of healthcare have no idea how devastating this is.

Like, I had a subscription as part of my job as an infection control nurse.

I feel sick.

Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 8h

Just in case: MMWR is a key frontline indicator for outbreaks. The first subtle hint of AIDS was in that publication. This is the pale horse that Death rides.

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 6h

Oh Chant - that is so cruel 🫂 🫂 🫂

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 7h

It’s like the missing link that drops the plausible deniability and exactly as you said - people don’t put it together without that word.

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 7h

I think it’s important due to the link it creates with “inhalation hazard” and the respiratory PPE required due to inhalation hazards. I think that’s exactly why they specifically removed the word inhalation.

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 7h

Exceptionally bad, right? … right?

Castanet.net @castanet.net · 7h

President Donald Trump is in 'exceptional health,' his doctor says, after visit to Walter Reed (United States)

President Donald Trump is in 'exceptional health,' his doctor says, after visit to Walter Reed - World News

President Donald Trump is in "exceptional health," his physician said Friday after he underwent a checkup that included lab tests and preventive health assessments at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 7h

Guys they changed what the NS says about airborne transmission AGAIN. They removed the part about inhalation. Absolutely fuck this.

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 7h

Anyway. All of us working in health evidence and info use MMWR at one point or another. This negatively affects people in Canada and our healthcare system as well.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 9h

Donald Trump just got a COVID booster at Walter Reed, per the White House physician.

Let’s be clear this is the same guy who downplayed the virus, mocked masks, and turned lifesaving vaccines into a political wedge that cost hundreds of thousands of lives.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

RIFs can’t be done without agency leadership so this is RFK Jr extending his purge of CDC scientists to help Vought’s shutdown agenda. Genuine public health risks created by aggrieved men.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 8h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 7h

This was a simulation, but “A combination of HEPA air cleaners and universal masking reduced exposure by up to 90%.” Some of the best early evidence available, especially to the public (no expensive journals subscription needed).

NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 7h

MMWR published one of the very first studies on portable air cleaners for reducing COVID transmission. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes... This was useful for clean air advocates.

Efficacy of Portable Air Cleaners and Masking for ...

This report describes a simulated meeting in which HEPA air ...

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 7h

MMWR published one of the very first studies on portable air cleaners for reducing COVID transmission. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes... This was useful for clean air advocates.

Efficacy of Portable Air Cleaners and Masking for ...

This report describes a simulated meeting in which HEPA air ...

www.cdc.gov

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 2d

✨ EVERYONE age 6 months & up should get their flu shot ✨

Yes, even our healthy kids.
Recent MMWR: more kids died last year from flu than in any other non-pandemic season since 2004 (when first reportable)

Kids should NOT die from flu
#FightFlu #VaccinesWorks

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Yep, some more WildtoMild PR campaign flyers! This one is purple with a Rhino (Wild) and a cute lil’ unicorn play thing (mild). The text says “A flu vaccine can take flu from Wild ot mild” #FightFlu from the CDC

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UW Infectious Disease Fellowship Program @uwidfellowship.bsky.social · 21h

No MMWR update yesterday due to gov’t shutdown so we’ll run with last week’s update on Tularemia! Fluoroquinolones and doxycycline now first line treatment… #IDSky

www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

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cks1614.bsky.social @cks1614.bsky.social · 9h

I'm hearing lots of CDC RIFs are going out now MMWR, NCIRD, PHIC, Chronic, CDC Washington, GHC, NCPIC, CFA

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Briana @bri-elyse1.bsky.social · 8h

This is personal to me. My final manuscript at CDC was published earlier in the year in MMWR. Incredible people work for this journal. I've got friends who are EIS officers. I've worked with folks at CDC Washington. This is bullshit. No one deserves this. SMH

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 8h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 7h

God fucking dammit

Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 8h

RIFed:
Office of Science (OS) - MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)

MMWR is crucial to quickly disseminate info about infectious disease.

Like the famous MMWR in 1981 about an outbreak of pneumocystis pneumonia among gay men in LA. That was the first mention of what is now known as AIDS

June 5, 1981—The First Report of AIDS in the U.S.

By Erika Mills ~ In the June 5, 1981 edition of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the CDC described a rare lung infection among a group of gay men in Los Angeles. This article, titl…

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Suzanne Minarcine @drsuzannem.bsky.social · 7h

We have relied on the MMWR in healthcare for at least 50 years. They’re killing Americans.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 8h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Will Saletan @saletan.bsky.social · 7h

Here's a neat trick they teach in authoritarianism school: If you purge the people who measure the effects of your policies (BLS, MMWR), you can just claim everything's great, and nobody can prove how much damage you're doing.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 8h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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No Time for Doomers @leothelioniv.bsky.social · 7h

On June 5,1981 MMWR published case reports of a cluster of Pneumocystis pneumonia cases in 5 gay men. This was the first report of what became known as AIDS.

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liseabetta.bsky.social @liseabetta.bsky.social · 1d

#Cdnpoli #USpoli #COVID

The simple metal box that could change the world - Healthy Debate

This quiet, repairable metal air cleaner is an inexpensive long-term disease prevention tool for public spaces.

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