Bich Nguyen

"I interviewed more than 40 people who work at the C.D.C. or who left during Trump’s second term. Some sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because they feared that speaking out would cost them their jobs or subject them to retaliation from the administration."

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/23/magazine/trump-rfk-jr-cdc-vaccines-maha.html

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Inside the Turmoil at RFK Jr.’s CDC, as Told by Current and Former Employees

Forty-three current and former C.D.C. employees on the changes they say are replacing science with ideology — and making Americans more vulnerable.

The New York Times
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Show threadJonathan Kamens 86 477h ago
@bich Every article the Times prints that is critical of the Trump administration should be required by law to include the disclaimer at the bottom, "Donald Trump said before he was elected that this is what he would do, but the Times did not think it was important to report that at the time."
Show thread2qx 🔻6h ago

@bich

The mpox vaccine is the smallpox vaccine. It was developed as a safer vaccine to prepare for a bioterror event. Over a million people have gotten it since 2022.

One day, in retrospect, it may always have been obvious to everyone that it was the only vaccine that mattered.