Trump’s CDC Purge Backfires
Over 1,000 public health workers were told they’d lost their jobs, only for the administration to claim the cuts were a "mistake."
The Trump administration laid off more than 1,000 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday, but reversed the decision for many just a day later.
- Many people who were notified that they’d been laid off included people from the infectious disease outbreaks
- Science and health data analysis
- Employee safety
According to reports, the federal government’s top two leaders on the measles response team were let go and expected to be brought back.
The Trump administration claimed that multiple layoffs were accidental and set to be taken back.
Author summary: Trump administration reverses CDC layoffs.