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'CDC is over': RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre (www.msnbc.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/science@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/36033796

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

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[–] 68 points 1 year ago (8 children)

The USA is simultaneously broadcasting to militaries around the world that America is going to ignore the Geneva convention/greenlight warcrimes, and they're dismantling the infrastructure that would've been used to defend themselves against biological weapons.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    What does the Geneva convention say about war crimes committed against a nation that also commits war crimes?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    This would be the perfect time to release a last of us fungus or zombie virus stockpiles

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Or bovine ebola, to devastate the USA's beef supply. I imagine that an America that suddenly has no burgers would sober up fairly quick. The massive super farms / agriculture concentration areas make it an easy target.

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