With RFK Jr saying he wants to stop NIH doing infectious disease research “for 8 years” and Trump now slashing the NIH and CDC workforce, what exactly is the plan for tackling the H5N1 bird flu outbreak? - ThreadSky

gavinyamey.bsky.social • 20 days ago

With RFK Jr saying he wants to stop NIH doing infectious disease research “for 8 years” and Trump now slashing the NIH and CDC workforce, what exactly is the plan for tackling the H5N1 bird flu outbreak?

Reposted from Josh Marshall

BREAKING: StatNews reports that more than 5,000 HHS employees across NIH, CDC and other public health and research agencies will be fired this afternoon. www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f...

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eurydice-krg.bsky.social•20 days ago

I think there strategy is “There is no bird flu outbreak.”

perrinbar.bsky.social•20 days ago

I imagine, not reporting numbers. Because if you don't say how many cases there are, are there any cases?

Of course there are, but you know, it's the stupidest, cruelest timeline.

theanthonymark.bsky.social•19 days ago

The plan is probably to let it kill the poor and the sick and the weak, as a wild guess.

karadelamarck.bsky.social•20 days ago

robpmurphy.bsky.social•20 days ago

pergamic.bsky.social•20 days ago

They have the concepts of a plan…

tequila0341.bsky.social•20 days ago

https://www.voanews.com/a/covid-19-pandemic_trump-if-we-stop-testing-wed-have-fewer-cases/6191165.html

kihappie.bsky.social•20 days ago

They don’t plan to tackle the outbreak.

geoghistfiend.bsky.social•20 days ago

There is no plan. People are going to have to take care of themselves. Wear a mask, avoid contact with wild birds, do not drink raw milk, etc.

dezertrat.bsky.social•20 days ago

I didnt realize the degree to which the religeous right believed in the need to throttle science and research in order to eliminate DEIA til reading this https://www.heritage.org/sites/default/files/2022-01/BG3681.pdf

thenoteheleft.bsky.social•20 days ago

Mass death.

persister.bsky.social•20 days ago

When will people get it? The billionaire class are eugenicists. They literally don’t care how many suffer (ka-ching for private hospitals & pharma bros) or die (planet doesn’t need them). Read up about Peter Thiel.