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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Contact tracing during an outbreak investigations is not for the faint of heart. It takes long hours, and lots of conversations. Public health staff do it to help save lives through the prevention and control of diseases. #TaylorSwift #PatientZero
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
2 yrs ago Hurricane Helene ravaged Eastern TN & Western NC, 250+ dead, many injured, & about $78B in damage. Storms spark long-term public health crises. Do candidates on your ballot plan to respond w/ forward-looking policies to rebuild & prepare? buff.ly/ls5ax2y
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When floodwaters came, a Western North Carolina family fought to survive. When waters receded, their ordeal was far from over. On this 2 yr anniversary, read this story of loss, resilience, & hidden dangers left behind by Hurricane Helene. nationalpublichealthcoalition.substack.com/p/the-bottom...
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Celebrating new Taylor music? Don’t mind if we do. (But seriously, COVID-19 cases are up, go ahead and get that vax). #vaccines #TaylorSwift #PatientZero
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Perfectly encapsulates our mood today. 🥴 😐️ Oh who are we kidding, this is our mood every day of 2026 to date. 🤣
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Know voters who sit out of midterm elections? Let's motivate them! If in Atlanta, join us this Saturday, Sep. 19, for a postcard-writing (un) happy hour. If you're a weekday person, join us on Thursday, Oct. 1. We will supply postcards and pens. Details in image and @ firedbutfighting.org/events
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today is #NationalVoterRegistration Day! Public Health is in the ballot this November. Are you #VoteReady? Go to nationalvoterregistrationday.org/register-to-..., see if you’re registered to vote. Leave a ✅️ in comments once you are done.
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Why have window screens? Window screens help keep 🪰 bugs 🦗 outside, that can transmit diseases to us. Next time you have your window open and there is a screen keeping bugs out, thank Public Health. Dr Elizabeth is here talking to us about window screens and why she doesn't see them in Italy.
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It is 25th anniversary of one of the darkest days in American history. NPHC honors victims, their families, & first responders of Sept 11th attacks. The aftermath of 9/11 had many lingering effects on Americans, notably 1st responders & New Yorkers living near ground zero, those in DC, & in PA. 1/4🧵
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Meet Caroline DeBerry, CDC’s new Acting Communications director! Who better for public health than a Christian romance novelist & Project 2025 writer? 🩺📚
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Deb Houry @drdebhoury.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The institution has been weakened, but we have not stopped fighting for its mission. @firedbutfighting.bsky.social @altcdc.altgov.info @cdcmutualaid.bsky.social are supporting displaced staff, preserving expertise, speaking truth, and defending public health. www.statnews.com/2026/08/28/c...
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We quit the CDC last year. The problems we protested remain
How disease spreads and the risks and benefits of interventions are questions for science, not for ideology.
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Dear PA Department of Health, Career CDC staff & NPHC are so sorry that political appointees used CDC’s official X account to undermine your credibility. We support you and are thinking of you during this time. #Measles #MMR #Vaccines
An unprofessional message was posted by political appointees on CDC social media. 

CDC staff are horrified.Dedicated CDC career staff work to support states, territories, and local jurisdictions and are standing by to do so if, when, and however they need.

CDC staff appreciate and have great respect for their partners and the work that they do every day.Political appointees are damaging CDC's ability to respond to outbreaks. 

screen capture of CDC post on X.comCDC staff should be in charge of social media posts. Not political appointees. 

screen capture of CDC post on X.com
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Is this RFK Jr's version of "radical transparent? I guess data doesn't fall under that umbrella... Make it make sense, please. #measles
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
We need an HHS sec who promotes lifesaving vaccines instead of contributing to dangerous misinformation. To be perfectly clear, measles is a vaccine preventable disease. MMR vaccine is most safe and effective way to prevent measles. #vaccinessavelives #measles #RFKJr
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
In the ATL? Come walk with us for HIV prevention, care, & treatment. Register with the Fired But Fighting team for AIDS Walk Atlanta on September 26, 2026, at Piedmont Park. Registration: www.aidswalkatlanta.org/site/TR/Walk... 1/2 🧵
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
We are going to be hiding and chilling inside this #caturday. We hope you are able to rest up this weekend.
two cats on a cat tower.
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Tell us you are careless and clueless, without telling us you are careless and clueless. #JayB #CDC #CantLetItGo
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Public health is a web and that’s what makes it powerful. 🕸️ Like 🕷️ Spider Man building webs to catch and save people, public health connects people, communities, resources, and support systems to help keep communities safe and healthy. Every connection matters. Every strand makes the web stronger. 🕷️
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Former CDC Center Director Dr. Dan Jernigan speaks about his experience with the domestic terrorist attack that took place a year ago today and its aftermath. www.statnews.com/2026/08/07/c...
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I was in my office when bullets hit the CDC. A year later, the agency remains under attack
“It was briefly more dangerous to sit at a desk in Atlanta than to chase a hemorrhagic fever in the field,” writes Daniel Jernigan.
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
We spent time recently commemorating & reflecting on Officer David Rose's sacrifice last Aug 8, 2025 to protect & save lives of CDC staff and their children. The road leading into CDC main campus has been renamed. Plaques have been placed. CDC community at large put up signs at CDC campuses in ATL.
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Abby T. (NPHC | FBF) @artighe.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Also to be perfectly clear - normal ass career CDC staff did *not* do this or participate in it. This was a boys club leadership gathering that *some* career staff were forced to witness, and we should be grateful they were brave enough to bring this attrocity to light.
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
When the scientists are not at the table. #saxophonegettinglouder
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Our thoughts on the anniversary of the terrorist attack Aug 8, 2025 on CDC main campus. #PublicHealth #CDC
NPHC’s statement on Anniversary of Aug 8, 2025 CDC Shooting

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As we mark the one year anniversary of the tragic shooting at CDC, we pause to remember Officer David Rose, whose selfless sacrifice saved lives, and to honor everyone whose lives were forever changed that day.  We also hold Officer Rose's family close in our hearts, recognizing the immeasurable loss they continue to carry.NPHC’s statement on Anniversary of Aug 8, 2025 CDC Shooting

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The past year has tested the CDC community in profound ways. Yet through grief, healing, and uncertainty, CDC employees have continued to show extraordinary resilience and an unwavering commitment to protecting the health of the American people. Their dedication reminds us that public health is not just a profession. It is a calling.NPHC’s statement on Anniversary of Aug 8, 2025 CDC Shooting

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The National Public Health Coalition stands with the entire CDC community today and every day. We are also deeply grateful to the Atlanta community for its compassion and steadfast support, including Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, who have been strong advocates for CDC and the people who serve there.NPHC’s statement on Anniversary of Aug 8, 2025 CDC Shooting

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As we remember this difficult anniversary, we reaffirm our commitment to supporting CDC, strengthening public health, and ensuring that those who dedicate their lives to protecting others have the support they deserve. Together, we will continue to fight for the vital role of public health and the healthier future every community deserves.
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Help! We need a bigger boat. #Odyssey #Scylla #PublicHealth
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A man woven entirely by hand who's never been tested is a splinter waiting to happen, and not the kind that tweezes out. Protect the wood, get tested. #STD #STI #PublicHealth #Wicker
how to protect your wood

to protect your wood - especially a husband woven entirely from wicker - wrap it before you handle it, get tested regularly, and talk to your partner about protection first. 

Protecting your partner (and yourself)

Use a condom whenever you handle rough, all-natural, or un-tested wood - no matter how handcrafted. 

Get tested regularly; even small-batch, locally sourced wood can still carry something.

Avoid going in bare - some splinters (drug-resistant gonorrhoea) don't tweeze out anymore.
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🎉 Let's celebrate all wins, including small ones.🎊 Keep up the pressure. Aug 3, 2026, U.S. Senate released text of the continuing resolution (CR), & it INCLUDES language to delay implementation of OMB-2026-0034, which is OMB’s proposed Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, until Dec 11, 2026.
Keep speaking!
They are listening. 

The U.S. Senate released text of the continuing resolution (CR), and it INCLUDES language to delay implementation of OMB regulation, OMB-2026-0034 which is the OMB’s proposed Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, until December 11, 2026.
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
AP News Mike Stobbe wrote "NPHC, an organization of former & current CDC workers, was not reassured by her responses & said senators should require specific written commitments from Schwartz on 🖊️scientific independence, 🖊️evidence-based vaccine policy, 🖊️conflicts of interest & 🖊️other issues." 1/2 🧵
AP news article by Mike Stobbe
Senate committee advances nomination of Dr Erica Schwartz to be Trump's CDC director
AP News article by Mike Stobbe states
"The National Public Health Coalition, an organization of former and current CDC workers, was not reassured by her responses and said senators should require specific written commitments from Schwartz on scientific independence, evidence-based vaccine policy, conflicts of interest and other issues."


“'The public needed to hear clear commitments about how she would protect CDC guidance from political pressure,' the group said in a statement. 'Too often, her stated commitments were incomplete, vague, or missing.'”
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Oh to have our portraits painted. #Caturday
cat lounging next to it's portrait
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Leaning into our feelings. #DrFauci #COVID #PublicHealth #CDC
In a world full of doctors
be a Fauci
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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Button Up for Public Health
Fresh designs for science lovers, vax champions, public health defenders, and those who are just "le tired."

Grab 1 today.
9 designs of public health pins for tiny acts of advocacy.
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
It’s the season of the ticks... I mean sticks! High in ATL is 92! 🥵 If going to Noah Kahan show, drink plenty of H2O before, esp our SSRI girlies. (Keep cyclospora 🥬 poops 💩 in your pants & not on the floor, per Noah’s request) �
Season of the Ticks
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
A little sweetie dropping in to wish you a happy #caturday.
little cute kitten
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
July 21, 2026 Rolling Stone argues that White House has pushed CDC's current Ebola response beyond traditional public health measures. Rolling Stone shows this admin has detained some U.S. citizens who pose little or no infection risk, raising legal & civil liberties concerns.
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Trump's CDC Is Detaining Americans in Response to Ebola: A 'Wild Misuse' of Power
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is needlessly detaining Americans as part of a chaotic Ebola response led by Jay Bhattacharya.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 20/07/2026
Well, our feed is back to its regularly scheduled 💩. Culturing cyclospora on produce is very difficult. Even if a false positive is accurate in this instance, that doesn’t mean that Taylor Farms wasn’t responsible for the outbreak, though they’ll probably play it that way.
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FDA says Taylor Farms cyclospora finding was a false positive
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Sunday that laboratory experts ​re-checked lettuce sample results from Taylor Farms in an ‌investigation into an outbreak of the cyclospora parasite and c...
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Dr Elizabeth about Americans in quarantine due to Ebola outbreak in DRC. NY Times: "About a dozen Americans were rerouted to Fort Drum, a military base in New York, after they tried to return to the United States via Canada this week, the official said." Source: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/w...
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This is an important read. Americans in quarantine due to Ebola outbreak in DRC. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/w...
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7 Americans Sent to Disputed Kenya Ebola Site After New Trump Travel Ban
The aid workers were on the frontline in the fight against the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and have shown no symptoms, their employer said.
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Read National Public Health Coalition's full statement on Erica Schwartz Senate HELP Committee Hearing that was held on Wed, July 15, 2026. www.nationalphc.org/statement-on...
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Statement on Erica Schwartz Hearing — The National Public Health Coalition
Based on what we saw during the Senate HELP Committee hearing on July 15, 2026, NPHC cannot support Dr. Schwartz’s nomination.
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Sean Kaufman was nominated for Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response for the Department of Health and Human Services. He had his nomination hearing in front of the Senate HELP committee on Wed, July 15, 2026. We thought we should drop this info about him.
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
🚨Measles still spreading in U.S.🚨 The highest incidence of measles in more than 20 years. It’s a reminder of how rapidly measles can resurge when vaccine coverage slips. Vaccination is best way to prevent measles. As of July 10, 2026 there have been 2,231 measles cases in 41 states, including DC.
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Dr Elizabeth here starting a series about public health in Italy. Check it out. Let us know if there is a public health topic you would like her to cover. #expat #Italy #publichealth #CDC
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Celebrate this! Close to 500K comments on federal register notice for Federal Funding Rule Change, proposed federal rule (OMB-2026-0034). These comments can and probably will be used in litigation in the future. Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who left a comment.
We did it!
close to 500K comments on OMB rule in the federal register
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Are you questioning if Sean Kaufman actually stated that he hates CDC? This video clip at about 4 mins in, brings the receipts. While trying to get elected, he stated that he "hates CDC". Nothing else here but that folks. youtube.com/watch?v=xyX_...
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Sean Kaufman for BOE District 5
An interview with Sean Kaufman to help you understand why I am giving him my support and hoping to win yours on his behalf.
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
A key takeaway from the nomination hearing for CDC director today is Senator Cassidy got mad, like Old Grandpa Mad. 🙈 🙉 🙊
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
We can't let this go, Dr Schwartz mentioned "true abortions." Let's be clear there is NO such thing. She wants CDC to be sure that hospitals & doctors are not "hiding" abortions in emergency room data or emergency definition. Women deserve healthcare and medical care free of political interference.
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Dr Schwartz thinks CDC should go back to its OG mission. Would that be malaria prevention? Or is that infectious disease? She stated "too much mission creep." What is creep? Nutrition, physical activity? Decreasing heart disease & stroke? Promoting effective cancer treatments? Where is the line?
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Seems like to us that Dr Schwartz will not stand against more RIFs is what we heard. Did others hear this too? She didn't say that she would stop more large scale layoffs at CDC. say what?
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
We have lost count of the number of times people have already said "radical transparency" during this nomination hearing. If you say a word or term so much, it really starts to lose its meaning. make it stop! please! 🙇‍♀️
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Dr Schwartz said "they would not ask me to do something illegal." Dr Monarez said same thing last year. We know how that ended. They (president & RFK Jr) have asked previous CDC director to ignore scientific evidence. Dr Schwartz thinks it won't happen again? Naive!
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Dr Schwartz stated “To regain public trust is that we lead with humility. There is an arrogance that” and then Senator Cassidy cut her off. Was she calling CDC employees, staff, and scientists arrogant? If yes, shut the FRONT door. 🥾 🚪
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