The administration of US President Donald Trump has begun mass layoffs of 10,000 employees at healthcare institutions as part of a campaign to reduce federal employees.

Security prevented some employees from entering the building a few hours after they received notice of their dismissal.

The layoffs affected several well-known agencies within the US Department of Health and Human Services, including the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

The layoffs included dismissal of leading scientists overseeing public health, cancer research, and vaccine and drug approval. This raises concerns about how the US will respond to ongoing emergencies - such as the measles outbreak and the spread of bird flu.

''The FDA as we've known it is finished, with most of the leaders with institutional knowledge and a deep understanding of product development and safety no longer employed," former Commissioner Robert Califf wrote in a LinkedIn post. "I believe that history will see this a huge mistake," he wrote. "It will be interesting to hear from the new leadership how they plan to put 'Humpty Dumpty' back together again."

Mass layoffs in US healthcare sector

 

 

I'd be more worried about January 2029 when most of you will have nothing more to whine about. 

 

If you smelllllĺlllllll what the rock is cookin. 

9 hours ago, bannork said:

The administration of US President Donald Trump has begun mass layoffs of 10,000 employees at healthcare institutions as part of a campaign to reduce federal employees.

Security prevented some employees from entering the building a few hours after they received notice of their dismissal.

The layoffs affected several well-known agencies within the US Department of Health and Human Services, including the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

The layoffs included dismissal of leading scientists overseeing public health, cancer research, and vaccine and drug approval. This raises concerns about how the US will respond to ongoing emergencies - such as the measles outbreak and the spread of bird flu.

''The FDA as we've known it is finished, with most of the leaders with institutional knowledge and a deep understanding of product development and safety no longer employed," former Commissioner Robert Califf wrote in a LinkedIn post. "I believe that history will see this a huge mistake," he wrote. "It will be interesting to hear from the new leadership how they plan to put 'Humpty Dumpty' back together again."

Mass layoffs in US healthcare sector

 

Is there not a silver lining?

 

Without the FDA checking for health and safety standards in food and medicines, can the big Eropean pharma companies not test their new medicines much cheaper on the Americans?

 

I know, there will be quite the human cost, but surely good results and breakthroughs! We might even be able to completely replace testing on animals...

 

/s -- but with a kernel of angry truth.

12 minutes ago, blaze master said:

I'd be more worried about January 2029 when most of you will have nothing more to whine about. 

 

If you smelllllĺlllllll what the rock is cookin. 

Thank you traveler from the future.

13 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Thank you traveler from the future.

 

Blazemaster...knock knock

Placeholder...who's there

Blazemaster...you've got nothing 

7 minutes ago, blaze master said:

 

Blazemaster...knock knock

Placeholder...who's there

Blazemaster...you've got nothing 

What's your problem? I'm actually honoring you. After all, if in fact, you're not from the future, then what you would be offering is merely a reflexive threat untethered to reality. But since I know that you would never indulge in that kind mentally suspect comment, I am sure that what you were sharing with us was news and not a prediction. 

By the way, what model is your time machine?