Three senior leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention submitted resignations, citing ongoing budget cuts, agency reorganization and politicalization of public health efforts. Debra Houry, Demetre Daskalakis and Dan Jernigan referenced those factors in separate emails. Houry warned that proposed budget cuts and reorganization plans will negatively impact CDC capacity and said ongoing changes prevent her from continuing as a leader. The Department of Health and Human Services social-media account stated that Susan Monarez was no longer CDC director, and HHS officials provided no explanation. Monarez's lawyers said she has neither resigned nor been told she was fired and accused targeting for refusing to rubber-stamp unscientific directives.
For the good of the nation and the world, the science at CDC should never be censored or subject to political pauses or interpretations,
I am committed to protecting the public's health, but ongoing changes prevent me from continuing my job as a leader of the agency,
When CDC Director Susan Monarez refused to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated health experts, she chose protecting the public over serving a political agenda,
For that reason, she has been targeted.
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