Ben Sandofsky

Maybe I missed something, but shouldn’t we should be freaking out that they’re dismantling of the CDC?

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/11/mass-firing-hit-cdc-00604389

Mass firings hit CDC

Notices of the Trump administration’s reduction-in-force arrived late Friday, several former and current agency employees told POLITICO.

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Show threadMichael GemarOct 12
@sandofsky Oh, like “diseases” aren’t just an Antifa plot.
Show threadsanguishOct 12
@sandofsky can they do that for a congressionally mandated department?
Show threadJonathan HendryOct 12

@sanguish @sandofsky

Who's going to stop them?

Show threadJohn GordonOct 12
@sandofsky I think we are past freaking out. Oct 18 is a better way to respond.
Show threadJonas WisserOct 12
@sandofsky And the EPA, and the FDA, yes. We really should be.
Show threadKilo2MikeOct 13
@sandofsky Only if you are not in a state where they take public health seriously. (Knowing full well that public health problems don't stop at state borders, but it's a start.)
Show thread970HkyDadDec 29
@sandofsky I can hold both of these thoughts in my head at the same time: 1) if you are not outraged, you are not paying attention, and 2) if you are outraged, you have not been paying attention.