Former, current CDC employees call on RFK Jr. to resign

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Source: Axios

Updated 12 hours ago


Current and former employees of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are calling on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign, warning that job cuts and proposed funding reductions will hurt the agency's ability to protect the public from future health outbreaks.

Why it matters: The Atlanta-based CDC has long been the unbiased hub Americans turn to for facts about health topics, including sexually transmitted infections, maternal and infant health and respiratory infections.

Driving the news: Dozens of current employees at the facility walked out in protest of the cuts and joined people rallying in support of the department, with some carrying a large U.S. flag.

Tuesday's protest attracted more than 100 people who packed the sidewalk along Clifton Road across from the CDC's headquarters.

HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said in an emailed statement, "These reactions only prove Secretary Kennedy is doing exactly what he was brought in to do: challenge the failed culture that has dominated public health for decades."

What they're saying: Sarah Boim, a member of Fired But Fighting, a grassroots group of former CDC employees who were terminated this year, told Axios the organization holds rallies each Tuesday in support of people who still work at the agency.

"It's really hard to put into words how horrible this experience has been, not just for us, but it's going to really affect everybody in America," she said.

Eric Mintz, another former CDC employee, told Axios proposed cuts to the CDC, National Institutes for Health, Food and Drug Administration and Medicaid will take away resources needed to protect people from illnesses.

"It's not waste, it's not abuse, it's not fraud," Mintz said. "It's hard-working people with expertise trying to protect the American citizens."

Read more: https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2025/06/10/cdc-workers-protest-walk-out-advisory-committee-rfk

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1. RFK's idiot mission is to make us all sick to cull the herd

He will just allow diseases to proactively kill the weaker among us. Very dystopian.

[Karasu]

2. Get. Him. The. FUCK. Out. The man is a clear and present threat to life. Liberty and pursuit of happiness don't matter

one fucking bit without that.

For most everyday Americans, he is THE most dangerous person in this "administration", whether they know it or not.

[Paladin]

3. GOOD. Get rid of RFK jr., just as soon as possible. (nt)