Several senior CDC officials resigned and staged a walkout on the Atlanta campus. The CDC has been described as damaged beyond repair. Political interference from President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has thoroughly politicized scientific work at the agency. That politicization has eroded the CDC’s reputation and compromised its status as the global gold standard in public health. The loss of institutional credibility threatens trust among Americans and the international community and raises concerns about the CDC’s operational independence and effectiveness.
'We may be past the point of no return,' Daskalakis warned in an interview with The Advocate's Christopher Wiggins on Friday, a day after leaving the agency's Atlanta campus with colleagues in a walkout.
Daskalakis told The Advocate that President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had so thoroughly politicized science that the once-respected CDC is no longer the institution that Americans and the world can regard as the gold standard in public health.
🚨 The CDC is now damaged beyond repair, according to gay infectious diseases expert Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, one of the agency officials who resigned this week.
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