A ‘hostile takeover’: ousted CDC official raises alarm over RFK Jr approach to infectious disease Debra Houry speaks after testifying on eight months under Kennedy, who critics say shuns science and spreads falsehoods

Thank you Dr. Houry for calling a spade a spade. RFK Jr. is leading a hostile takeover of the CDC. ~80% of experienced leaders gone, science sidelined. The health of all Americans is on the line. #FireRFKJ #SaveTheCDC
@drdebhoury.bsky.social

Full interview:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Northeast Public Health Collaborative
West Coast Health Alliance

States that can’t trust CDC are banding together to do the job themselves. Which is awesome.

But also sad, because it means RFKJ’s plan to destroy CDC is working. 😭

👇The face of evil #FireRFKJ

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Thank you, @blumenthal.senate.gov , for standing up for CDC staff and basic decency. Malone must be removed from ACIP, and #FireRfkj too.

I am so proud to be your constituent. I would love to be in the room to boo his insulting treatment of you. But you know what to do! 💪🏻 #FireRFKj 💚

#FireRFKJ

Text: Rebrand of the Week CDC logo, a blue rectangle with letters CDC and words "US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention" below, then a hand-drawn arrow, then a golden hexagon-like shape similar the Cracker Barrel rebrand with the letters "CD" and the words "Center for Disease" below.

#rebrand #CDC #FireRFKj #vax4life #cartoon

omg this cartoon!!!
#FIRErfkj

When will Dems find leadership? Long past time for @schumer.senate.gov to resign. #FireRFKJ

Thank you Senator. #FireRFKJ

As a doctor, this poster thought she'd only ever see measles in textbooks.

Body Count Bobby is bent on changing that.

Measles kills kids. Vaccines are safe and effective.

#FireRFKJ

HHS has recently implemented bargaining unit status code changes per the March 27, 2025 Exclusions Executive Order. Bargaining Unit determinations are based on job duties and outlined in 5 USC 7112. Per the aforementioned executive order, many HHS and component employees, who had been previously designated as bargaining unit were recoded to non-bargaining unit due to national security requirements and considerations. If you think this may have happened to you, check your most recent SF-50; your bargaining unit status code is in box 37; code 8888 designates the employee’s position as non-bargaining unit. Thank you for your continued service. V/r

😡 So CDC is important enough to national security that we’re banned from having union bargaining units.

But not important enough to merit a mention by the president after we endure a domestic terrorist attack.

Got it.

#fireRFKJ #FDJT

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Slashing FoodNet putting Americans in danger. Funding cuts make deadly outbreaks harder to detect.

RFKJ is making America sicker again
🚽 #FireRFKJ

“From my standpoint, [Kennedy] should rot in hell for this because he knew he was taking advantage of vulnerable people.” —Hawaii Gov. Josh Green.
RFK Jr. is a dangerous con man, seeking power and profit at the expense of our children. #FireRFKJ

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The Lancet’s warning is blunt: RFK Jr & MAHA are not a health movement.

They’re a pseudoscientific, anti-vaccine machine that endangers lives at home & abroad for - their own power and profit.

#FireRFKJ

A devastating and thorough analysis of the damage done by Trump, RFKJ, Vought et al.

Thanks to @anniewaldman.bsky.social @propublica.org for this work.

Must read 👇
projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...

#FireRFKJ

#FireRFKj before he does anymore damage.

Woman, saying raw milk sickened her toddler and led to loss of unborn baby, sues Florida dairy farm The Florida Department of Health said this month that Keely Farms Dairy, a farm in New Smyrna Beach, was tied to 21 infections from raw milk consumption.

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We sometimes joke about raw milk because, yeah, it’s icky and risky.

But the consequences aren’t funny: hospitalized kids, lost pregnancies, grieving families.

And RFK Jr. keeps pushing the same dangerous disinfo that costs lives. #FireRFKJ

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

RFK Jr. exploits MAHA followers’ real health fears for power and profit - John Oliver nails it. #FireRFKJ

9/ Looking ahead:

mRNA flu vaccines are being researched (including combined flu + COVID shots). Funding cuts will likely slow innovation (reminder: #FireRFKJ, and check out our spicier threads on this topic 🌶️).

But this season’s shot is unaffected.

How RFK Jr. alienated MAGA, MAHA and the White House in a single week The botched announcement about mRNA vaccines reveals a health department full of dysfunction and infighting.

HHS keeps changing their reason for canceling mRNA 💉 research $
1st try: 💉 caused "widespread harm" ❌
2nd try: tech isn't ready yet ❌
3rd try: no one trusts the 💉 ❌ (despite RFKJ's best efforts)

They're too incompetent to even get their lies straight. And we'll pay the price. #FireRFKJ

I agree, his family members do not like him, he isn’t a stable man
#FireRFKJ

The CDC shooting was public health’s Jan. 6 “In RFK Jr.’s America, it will never be safe to practice public health or medicine," write an epidemiologist and a former CDC staffer.

The CDC shooter actually believed that COVID 💉are dangerous. That's a tragedy.

🧠🪱 & his cronies don't. They're inciting violence against our govt for political gain. That's treason.

#FireRFKJ #FireBhattacharya #FirePrasad(again)

Judge orders RFK Jr.'s health department to stop sharing Medicaid data with deportation officials A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to stop sharing personal data of Medicaid enrollees with deportation officials.

🧠🪱's only goal is to weaponize HHS.

This ruling is good news, but it's temporary. #FireRFKJ

3/3 Folks, this isn't rocket science: posting violent memes while holding a federal advisory role = you should be fired.

Malone and RFK Jr. must go.

Kudos to @blumenthal.senate.gov for courage and common sense.

#FireRFKJ #FireMalone

Your eugenic bullshit bias is showing stfu and resign you douchebag. #firerfkj #stoplying #scienceisreal #peoplewithautismmatter #fucktrump #stopfascism #stopeugenics

#FireRFkJ
He’s a bird brain or should I say worm brain