#ACIP, the expert panel that advises #CDC on vaccine policy, will not meet next week.
#HHS, which never gave final approval for the meeting, per sources, suggests it will be rescheduled, but gives no date. https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/acip-cdc-vaccine-meeting-postponed/
@GottaLaff Importantly, FEMA utilizes a lot of retired folks for responses, who are called on an ad hoc basis. Elimination of those people (positions) will adversely effect work at the point of the casualty.
@bicmay Concerned about the PH Emergency Preparedness grant. The loss of capabilities will not be immediate, but like other PH programs, will be blamed when not up to challenges...
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-health/cdc-face-10-workforce-cut-trump-administration-actions
Also concerned about the folks who work in Virginia supported by Emergency Preparedness grants.
Interested in #PublicHealth, #EnvironmentalHealth, #HealthPhysics. #Beerbrewing reader of all things...