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Sunday, June 07, 2026

"If the C.E.O. lacked deep expertise in the company's business and the leaders of its most important divisions were missing, investors would revolt. Here, the stakes are much higher. The mission is protecting the health and safety of the American people, and we're confronting serious disease threats without permanent leadership in some of our most important public health agencies." -- Michael T. Osterholm, an infectious disease expert who has advised health secretaries of both parties

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Critics say one of the most urgent problems is [RFK Jr.'s] failure to act more swiftly to address a leadership vacuum. There is no surgeon general. Around half of the 27 institutes and centers at N.I.H. are run by acting directors. The acting chief of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases was recently fired, as was the nation's top drug regulator.

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Another stellar hire by the rapidly decomposing orange chomo.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-06-07 03:50 PM | Reply

This man is going to murder us.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-06-07 06:09 PM | Reply

Agencies? There's not permanent leadership anywhere in the executive branch.

#3 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-06-07 09:18 PM | Reply

#3 DBT2 states a 100% fact when he states, "There's not permanent leadership anywhere in the executive branch."

Sadly, myotic posters here, like dear LauraMohr, fail to grasp the reality that the occupant in the Oval Office brings with him/her executives that run the agencies and implement the policies.

And for all their faults (and there are many), the people that a President Hillary Clinton and a President Harris would bring into their administration would be head-and-shoulders above any sycophant brought on board the anti-trans bigot, Trump.

Queue the "but the Democrats don't nominate people who I don't like because they're not perfect" excuse.

And the Republicans laugh all the way to the electoral bank on the abject stupidity of people who cannot connect the dots.

#4 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-06-07 09:28 PM | Reply

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