And for a twofer, please read this report from the great @laurenweberhp.bsky.social

"The mission has gone from the “fringe into the forefront,” Children’s Health Defense advocacy and outreach manager Stephanie Locricchio said.

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UPDATE : Two HHS officials told me Saturday evening that some RIF’d CDC employees—including disease, detectives, measles response team and MMWR staff —were fired in error and are being brought back. Story w/ @apoorvanyt.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Thank you! I didn’t know about that setting.

Whoops! You’re not RIF’d after all .

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

HR staff called back from furlough to implement RIFs

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

CDC suffered Valentine's Day layoffs; April Fool's layoffs and now Columbus/ Indigenous People's Day.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...