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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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[–] 45 points 1 year ago (7 children)

That's one of the few silver linings of fascism, it always ends. It's inherently unstable.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    It's never had modern resources before

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

    Neither did the people fighting fascism.

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

    Unfortunately there's not really a good historical example of fascism being stopped once they have the power of the pulpit without the help of foreign intervention.

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