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Most of the fellows in CDC's highly competitive Laboratory Leadership Service were fired last weekend.

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The country's first-line defense against public-health threats has been spared by DOGE--for now, writes Nicholas Florko.

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-- The Atlantic (@theatlantic.com) February 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM

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There is nothing efficient nor cost-savings about the way DOGE is proceeding. They are doing a hatchet job in areas where a scalpel is required:

Facing a furor after news reports last week that the prestigious corps of young epidemiologists being trained as "disease detectives" at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had been targeted for termination, the administration of President Donald Trump reversed course. The roughly 100 trainees at the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) were spared.

But another outstanding group of young CDC trainees wasn't so lucky. At least 15 of 21 fellows in CDC's lesser known Laboratory Leadership Service (LLS) were axed last weekend. The ultracompetitive, 2-year program, which trains Ph.D. scientists in the intricacies of public health laboratory work, has spawned leaders at state and local labs from Milwaukee to Tennessee to New York City.

#1 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2025-02-20 04:40 PM | Reply

Some of the MAGA reading this are going to die because of sh-- like this.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-20 05:22 PM | Reply

Some of the MAGA reading this are going to die because of sh-- like this.
#2 | Posted by Zed

My response when I hear about some MAGA voter crying and complaining when they find out Trump is hurting them or someone they love: "Oh well."

#3 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2025-02-20 05:32 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

More importantly...

Wrecking ball': RFK Jr. moves to fire thousands of health agency employees
www.science.org

#4 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-02-20 05:52 PM | Reply

More importantly...

Next time, just say "because I'm an ignorant dumbf*&^"

#5 | Posted by jpw at 2025-02-21 08:19 AM | Reply

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