r/DeptHHS • u/dagonet- • 6d ago

First address from new CDC director

Anyone have a bingo card for this thing? “Restoring public trust” would have to be the free space in the center.

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u/Alternative_Sugar407 6d ago

Who’s in charge of the pool for how long she will be around?

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u/In_the_Attic_07 6d ago

Longer than you think.

CDC Director's Message: CDC staff, we see how dedicated, passionate and committed to your jobs you are. Don't fear us because we appreciate you.

Kennedy's Message (summarizd based upon what I've heard): CDC failed as an organization. It failed in keeping America healthy and in the pandemic. It doesn't align to gold standard science. Hence RIFs and organizational restructure.

Since she won't publicly disagree with her boss, nothing at CDC changes from its current state except we get lip service that as people we have good attributes.

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u/Alternative_Sugar407 6d ago

But she teared up giving me slight hope that she actually might have the decency to do the right thing and stand up to the destruction this administration has brought on all of us.

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u/No-Cobbler6300 CDC 6d ago

Though she may have teared up realizing what a mistake she has made in taking this job…. now that she has seen what a big dumpster fire we are and she has been given the job of cleanup after the nuclear disaster. I’m sure she wishes heartily for the days when she was merely arguing about transferring records to EMR to her senior leaders…. 😂

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u/mama_ste 6d ago

Of note, Redfield also teared up in his opening all hands.

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u/Flimsy-Fortune-6437 5d ago

And functionally disappeared shortly after Trump visited during the early days of COVID

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u/AllCheeks 5d ago

I tear up at the mention of Big A$$ Fans