Current and former employees of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are calling on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign, warning that job cuts and proposed funding reductions will hurt the agency’s ability to protect the public from future health outbreaks.

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    23 days ago

    This is what needs to be happening everywhere. Definitely something that should be applauded. Is anyone taking up a collection to help fund and cover these people who are taking actual risks right now?

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    I understand it’s easier said than done but I hope many noble bureaucrats hang onto their positions for as long as possible and do whatever they can to maliciously resist. Anyone who leaves will be replaced with someone far worse, sadly.

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    Editor’s note: This article has been updated with comment from HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon.

    Axios should know better than to publish propaganda