Trumpās CDC Shakeup: Science Called, Itās Filing Resignations
In a plot twist stranger than a CW drama reboot, nine ex-CDC directors spanning from Carter to Trump collectively burned out more than 100 years of public health goodwill by warning in the NY Times that RFK Jr.'s takeover is 'unlike anything we've ever seen.' After Susan Monarez was ousted last month for not playing nice with the 'Make America Healthy Again' agenda, several top CDC folks bounced faster than a bad Tinder date. Silicon Valleyās Jim OāNeill, a guy known for pushing unproven COVID cures, got the acting director boot with a magic wand labeled Trump politics. These health OGs lament the meltdown of 80 years of data-driven mojo and call on Congress, philanthropists, and MDs to help rescue science from this chaos factory.
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Nothing like replacing decades of CDC science with a āMake America Healthy Againā reboot directed by conspiracy cameos and sketchy Silicon Valley advice. You had one job, public health. Now itās a real-life remake of a disaster movie nobody wanted to see.
If the CDC was a company, Trump's reboot would be the perfect storm of bad exec firings, hedge fund advice, and a total disregard for facts ā basically VCs ruined healthcare but forgot to bring popcorn.
Watching the CDC under RFK Jr. is like seeing the NASA control room staffed by Instagram influencers with reckless optimism and zero scientific background. Houston, we have a campus celebrity problem.
Source: Axios | Published: 9/1/2025 | Author: April Rubin
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