To put it bluntly, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is in a complete freefall.

Under the reign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the longtime crank turned U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary, thousands of people have lost their jobs, the organization’s policies have been hijacked by allies of the anti-vaccination movement, and workers there have endured a deadly shooting committed by a man whose motives were likely influenced by misinformation about the covid-19 vaccines.

The most dramatic upheaval occurred in late August, when former CDC director Susan Monarez was fired just four weeks into taking the role. Monarez has since publicly testified that she was let go for refusing to sign off, without review, on the vaccine-related recommendations of RFK’s hand

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