Three senior CDC scientists resigned after director Susan Monarez was removed, and hundreds of CDC staff staged a walkout in solidarity. The CDC vaccine chief accused Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his team of manipulating data to achieve a political end and warned that the hollowing out of agencies will leave the U.S. ill prepared for future public health emergencies. Around 3,000 CDC staffers have resigned or been fired since January, while the FDA and NIH have also shed thousands. Recent national security departures include multiple senior leaders fired, resigned, or retired early. Defense leadership rhetoric has emphasized removing perceived ideological opponents and elevating trusted allies, and the administration has provided limited explanations for many ousters.
"to achieve a political end."
"We really are losing the people who know how to do this."
"there's a lot of trouble at CDC, and it's going to require getting rid of some people over the long term... to change the institutional culture."
"woke" generals
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