Why a Vaccine Expert Left the C.D.C.: ‘Americans Are Going to Die’ (www.nytimes.com)

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Dr. Fiona Havers is influential among researchers who study immunizations. The wholesale dismissal of the agency’s scientific advisers crossed the line, she said.

In particular, the Trump crime org is trying to make it so thst insurance won't cover vaccines, and the poor die, which prompted this resignation.

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[-] D_C@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

A lot died during covid due to drumpfs corruption and incompetence, yet they still voted for him again.

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

I really hope people who died didn't vote for Trump again. 😜

[-] meyotch@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

We will be dealing with multiple pandemics by Christmas.

Since our disease monitoring systems have been decimated or worse, we will not even be able to agree if it actually is a pandemic because the data will not be collected correctly or at all.

Our society is going to change drastically sooner than anyone dares to admit.

[-] blargle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

The Spanish Flu got called that because Spain was the only ones not censoring news of it, due to them not being involved in WW1. That's probably how it's going to happen this time. The next global pandemic will start in the US but the world will hear about it only from the first country it spreads to.

[-] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

[-] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca -3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

“Americans are going to die, so I bravely ran away rather than stay and fight.”

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

Resigning like this means he can keep his pension instead of refusing and getting fired a few minutes later. Not everyone can afford the latter

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