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Multiple sources in the Department of Health and Human Services, the agency that houses the CDC, say that RIF notices began going out around 5:00 am ET on Tuesday. Employees across HHS offices arrived at buildings only to discover that their badges no longer worked, sources tell WIRED.

wired.comThe CDC Has Been GuttedThousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
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“The cuts today at CDC targeted programs that address all aspects of American lives,” a source at the CDC tells WIRED. “This will lead to worse health outcomes, greater risks to the US public, and will contribute to the decline in US life expectancy."

wired.comThe CDC Has Been GuttedThousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.

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The cuts do not target ''áll aspects of American lives." These cuts are targeted against non-whites, quite openly and brazenly so. What do these experts think ending DEI and similar programs aimed at the health needs of non-whites will do other than disable and kill non-whites? Get the point yet?