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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com

Demetre Daskalakis was a key figure in the Covid, mpox, and bird flu responses. This is a huge loss.

aug 28, 2025, 1:45 am • 698 211

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Judith_IP @judith-ip.bsky.social

JFC. "We are seven months into the new administration, and no CDC subject matter expert from my Center has ever briefed the Secretary."

We are seven months into the new administration, and no CDC subject matter expert from my Center has ever briefed the Secretary. I am not sure who the Secretary is listening to, but it is quite certainly not to us. Unvetted and conflicted outside organizations seem to be the sources HHS use over the gold standard science of CDC and other reputable sources. A quote from the resignation letter of Demetre Daskalakis, a physician and public health expert who served as the director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC
aug 28, 2025, 2:14 am • 4 1 • view
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com

That also stood out to me! There was a measles outbreak ffs!

aug 28, 2025, 2:18 am • 1 0 • view
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com

wrote about it www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

aug 28, 2025, 4:14 pm • 56 15 • view
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Dan Jago @dj1au.bsky.social

“[The] CDC basically imploded yesterday and now it’s truly in shambles,” “I’m worried that these confusing changes will cause chaos that will make it harder for people–even those at high risk of severe illness–to get the Covid vaccines And this is not what RFK wanted to happen?

aug 28, 2025, 11:13 pm • 0 0 • view
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FNU LNU @mop-fautneddy.bsky.social

Death follows him.

aug 28, 2025, 6:00 pm • 0 0 • view
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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social

His resignation letter was powerful.

aug 28, 2025, 1:45 am • 3 0 • view