Summary
The Department of Health and Human Services began laying off 10,000 employees Tuesday as part of a major workforce reduction led by Elon Musk.
The cuts, affecting the CDC, FDA, NIH, and CMS, target divisions focused on HIV, minority health, drug approvals, and vaccine oversight.
Entire teams, like the FDA’s media office, were eliminated. Dr. Peter Marks, a key vaccine regulator, was also ousted.
Critics, including lawmakers, warn the layoffs threaten public health.
@MicroWave and many supporters try to draw attention to the argument that some of these people being laid off themselves threatened public health, so we're better off without them.
FDA was caught giving information that ran counter to what even their own experts were telling them about the health topics they were meant to be regulating, so it's good to see some accountability for that, even if long delayed.
