The article highlights the drastic changes and cuts proposed by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who announced the termination of over 10,000 employees to refocus the agency on chronic disease prevention. Critics argue that this dismantling of the public health infrastructure undermines the agency's ability to effectively respond to health threats. Experts express concerns that the loss of experienced personnel, alongside the shift in focus, will leave the country less prepared for public health emergencies, contributing to a chaotic state within federal health management.
The entire public health infrastructure is stripped for parts, and all its institutional memory has gone up the spout, and this guy sounds like the assistant manager of a convenience store firing the employee who never got the hang of the Slurpee machine.
These cuts to agency experts and programs leave our country less safe, less prepared and without the necessary talent and resources to respond to health threats.
The FDA as we've known it is finished, with most of the leaders with institutional knowledge and a deep understanding of product development and safety no longer employed.
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