WH chief of staff Jeff Zients has a personal interest in the bird flu response. He's worried about the damage another national crisis would do to the American psyche & Biden’s political standing. (www.politico.com)

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The CDC is locked in a power struggle with key states and agriculture players as it tries to better track the virus and prevent another potential pandemic.

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White House chief of staff Jeff Zients has taken a personal interest in the bird flu response. Since taking over that role, the former Covid response czar has periodically stressed to officials that the administration must closely monitor public health threats, for fear of the damage another national crisis would do to the American psyche and Biden’s political standing.

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A big reason for the resistance: Farms don’t want to be identified publicly as potential hotspots for the virus, nor do they want to draw scrutiny to their workers, a significant proportion of whom are undocumented immigrants and fearful of government officials.

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[-] emizeko@hexbear.net 40 points 4 months ago

we've misunderstood Biden this whole time, it's not "listen to the science." he was saying "listen to the Zients"

[-] ImmortanStalin@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 4 months ago

And here I thought he was saying, "listen to the Zionists."

[-] buttwater@hexbear.net 38 points 4 months ago

You know what would really alleviate our ailing psyches? Another government cover up of a health crisis that needlessly kills countless people

[-] porcupine@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 4 months ago

I can't wait for the return of mask tyranny discourse

[-] PaX@hexbear.net 21 points 4 months ago

agony-mescaline

[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago

Yeah, I'm pro mask tyranny

[-] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 28 points 4 months ago

So he's going to have a well thought out, comprehensive, and open response to this, right?

lmao

[-] Adkml@hexbear.net 21 points 4 months ago

"This time, we're going to do nothing while forcing everybody to continue working in person otherwise the economy might not do well."

[-] VILenin@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

Shock troops and death squads to summarily execute anyone who refuses to work in person

[-] nothx@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

And the maskers because they remind people of the thing they are choosing to ignore for the sake of corporate real estate.

[-] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

Biden's standing is already underground, so just let it rip and kill everyone, Mr. Zients

[-] Dolores@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

all the news around this has been playing PR are they actually doing anything beyond "monitoring" and telling the public not to worry?

[-] Runcible@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago

hey, that worked for COVID. Don't fix what isn't broken, amirite?

[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago

"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it."

-~~Goebbels~~ Genocide Joe Brandon

[-] Pentacat@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Biden’s “Political standing?” Man’s six feet under.

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago

Related posts?

[-] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

A big reason for the resistance: Farms don’t want to be identified publicly as potential hotspots for the virus, nor do they want to draw scrutiny to their workers, a significant proportion of whom are undocumented immigrants and fearful of government officials.

Lmao

[-] EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

Normal, functioning country where government and health officials refuse and/or unable to enforce anything on powerful firms because it would topple down the entire system that’s unrelated to your responsibilities