Trump's nomination of RFK Jr. to head Health and Human Services has led to CDC employees resigning in droves.
EJ Dickson originally wrote in The Cut:
As Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kennedy could not only have the ultimate authority to undermine the role of regulators in ensuring the safety of children and families, but it could also lead to a brain drain within the institutions themselves. Rivera says she's heard from several employees at government agencies like the CDC who are “already preparing their resignation letters.” “They refuse to work for this government,” she says. “I understand it, but it's frightening. Because we don't want to be in a position where everyone who works in these agencies is against medicine and science.”
Dickson updated in a post on X:
UPDATE: CDC employees are submitting their resignation letters in droves following the announcement that RFK, Jr. will serve as HHS head, a public health expert tells me. “They refuse to work for this government,” she says.
HHS employees are not biased. The people who are resigning are not doing so for political reasons. They are resigning because they refuse to work for an agency run by a conspiracy theory that has probably killed people with its statements and doesn't believe in science.
It's questionable whether RFK Jr. can get the votes needed for Senate confirmation, and new Senate Majority Leader John Thune has already said no to Trump's demands for recess appointments. RFK Jr. may have a better chance of being confirmed than Matt Gaetz, but he would be a public health disaster for the country.
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