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Health News that Trump Doesn't Want You To Know

The choice of O'Neill is not trolling. It is a direct threat to public health.

People aren't taking Peter Thiel's and the techno-Utopia (NAZI fascist) movement seriously enough in the US.

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Demetre Daskalakis MD MPH is a well-known expert in infectious disease and HIV. He has been a physician in public health since 2002, having served with the NYC Public Health Department and the CDC.

Dr Daskalakis is openly gay and has been a vocal advocate for LGBTQ people and for people living with HIV.

He resigned this week from the CDC. As he has been throughout his career, he was as blunt about his reasons for quitting. He never suffers fools.

The sad thing is that, in the event there is another pandemic, Demetre would not hesitate to return to the CDC. The American people, a majority of whom voted for a convicted criminal and who remained silent when a fringe lunatic exchanged support for Trump for a cabinet position in charge of American healthcare, don't deserve these scientists that have quietly worked on making every American's life better.

https://x.com/dr_demetre/status/1960843433473376602


DrDemetre

@dr_demetre

My resignation letter from CDC.

Dear Dr. Houry,

I am writing to formally resign from my position as Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), effective August 28, 2025, close of business. I am happy to stay on for two weeks to provide transition, if requested.

This decision has not come easily, as I deeply value the work that the CDC does in safeguarding public health and am proud of my contributions to that critical mission. However, after much contemplation and reflection on recent developments and perspectives brought to light by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., I find that the views he and his staff have shared challenge my ability to continue in my current role at the agency and in the service of the health of the American people. Enough is enough.

While I hold immense respect for the institution and my colleagues, I believe that it is imperative to align my professional responsibilities to my system of ethics and my understanding of the science of infectious disease, immunology, and my promise to serve the American people. This step is necessary to ensure that I can contribute effectively in a capacity that allows me to remain true to my principles.

I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies and materials that do not reflect scientific reality and are designed to hurt rather than to improve the public’s health. The recent change in the adult and children’s immunization schedule threaten the lives of the youngest Americans and pregnant people. The data analyses that supported this decision have never been shared with CDC despite my respectful requests to HHS and other leadership. This lack of meaningful engagement was further compounded by a “frequently asked questions” document written to support the Secretary’s directive that was circulated by HHS without input from CDC subject matter experts and that cited studies that did not support the conclusions that were attributed to these authors. Having worked in local and national public health for years, I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people.

It is untenable to serve in an organization that is not afforded the opportunity to discuss decisions of scientific and public health importance released under the moniker of CDC. The lack of communication by HHS and other CDC political leadership that culminates in social media posts announcing major policy changes without prior notice demonstrate a disregard of normal communication channels and common sense. Having to retrofit analyses and policy actions to match inadequately thought-out announcements in poorly scripted videos or page long X posts should not be how organizations responsible for the health of people should function. Some examples include the announcement of the change in the COVID-19 recommendations for children and pregnant people, the firing of scientists from ACIP by X post and an op-ed rather than direct communication with these valuable experts, the announcement of new ACIP members by X before onboarding and vetting have completed, and the release of term of reference for an ACIP workgroup that ignored all feedback from career staff at CDC.

The recent term of reference for the COVID vaccine work group created by this ACIP puts people of dubious intent and more dubious scientific rigor in charge of recommending vaccine policy to a director hamstrung and sidelined by an authoritarian leader. Their desire to please a political base will result in death and disability of vulnerable children and adults. Their base should be the people they serve not a political voting bloc.

I have always been first to challenge scientific and public health dogma in my career and was excited by the opportunity to do so again. I was optimistic that there would be an opportunity to brief the Secretary about key topics such as measles, avian influenza, and the highly coordinated approach to the respiratory virus season. Such briefings would allow exchange of ideas and a shared path to support the vision of “Making America Healthy Again.” 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. At a hearing, Secretary Kennedy said that Americans should not take medical advice from him. To the contrary, an appropriately briefed and inquisitive Secretary should be a source of health information for the people he serves. As it stands now, I must agree with him, that he should not be considered a source of accurate information.

The intentional eroding of trust in low-risk vaccines favoring natural infection and unproven remedies will bring us to a pre-vaccine era where only the strong will survive and many if not all will suffer. I believe in nutrition and exercise. I believe in making our food supply healthier, and I also believe in using vaccines to prevent death and disability. Eugenics plays prominently in the rhetoric being generated and is derivative of a legacy that good medicine and science should continue to shun.

The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud. I am resigning because of the cowardice of a leader that cannot admit that HIS and his minions’ words over decades created an environment where violence like this can occur. I reject his and his colleagues’ thoughts and prayers, and advise they direct those to people that they have not actively harmed.

For decades, I have been a trusted voice for the LGBTQ community when it comes to critical health topics. I must also cite the recklessness of the administration in their efforts to erase transgender populations, cease critical domestic and international HIV programming, and terminate key research to support equity as part of my decision.

Public health is not merely about the health of the individual, but it is about the health of the community, the nation, the world. The nation’s health security is at risk and is in the hands of people focusing on ideological self-interest.

I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for the opportunities for growth, learning, and collaboration that I have been afforded during my time at the CDC. It has been a privilege to work alongside such dedicated professionals who are committed to improving the health and well-being of communities across the nation even when under attack from within both physically and psychologically.Thank you once again for the support and guidance I have received from you and previous CDC leadership throughout my tenure. I wish the CDC continued success in its vital mission and that HHS reverse its dangerous course to dismantle public health as a practice and as an institution. If they continue the current path, they risk our personal well-being and the security of the United States.

Sincerely,Demetre C. Daskalakis MD MPH (he/his/him)
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I don't know why a scientist would continue to use Twitter. It's like trying to conduct a biology class in a sewer.


 
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, once regarded as the nation’s premier agency against illness, is now damaged beyond repair, according to one of its most prominent departing leaders. “We may be past the point of no return,” Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warned in an interview Friday, a day after leaving the agency’s Atlanta campus with colleagues in a dramatic walkout.

“The CDC you knew is over,unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
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What a fucking, crying shame. For years, the CDC has been a globally respected leader in public health.

www.advocate.com

RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns

“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
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School has started.

U.S. Measles Cases as of 26-Aug-2025

Total cases: 1408 (up from 1,375)

Age
  • Under 5 years: 393 (28%)
  • 5-19 years: 531 (38%)
  • 20+ years: 477 (34%)
  • Age unknown: 7 (0%)

Vaccination Status
  • Unvaccinated or Unknown: 92%
  • One MMR dose: 4%
  • Two MMR doses: 4%

U.S. Hospitalizations in 2025 - 13% of cases hospitalized (176 of 1408) - up from 173 last week

Percent of Age Group Hospitalized
  • Under 5 years: 21% (84 of 393)
  • 5-19 years: 8% (40 of 531)
  • 20+ years: 11% (52 of 477)
  • Age unknown: 0% (0 of 7)

U.S. Deaths in 2025: There have been 3 confirmed deaths from measles.
 
I don't know if this is the right place to put this. Move to wherever, if not.

Something is going on with Trump. It's really not looking good for him. I bet he's gone soon.

Why couldn't this have happened a year ago! :mad:

 
Over the weekend, Demetre Daskalakis' did interviews slamming what is going on at the CDC.



Ted Cruz has been posting pictures from Dr. Demetre Daskalakis' Instagram along with homophobic comments.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1962659294991499729
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To echo Cruz' question, "Would you trust this guy to make sensitive medical decisions for your family?".
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If a child goes to their pediatrician and is diagnosed with measles, can another patient be put in the exam room afterward? How does one decontaminate the exam room to prevent measles from spreading to other children?

Those are the types of questions that infectious disease experts at the CDC are supposed to be available to answer. When there's an outbreak, the CDC coordinates with local health departments to get needed resources mobilized and will even send experts to areas where there is an outbreak of infectious disease.

Or at least they used to do that.

When Trump came into office, the Trump Administration issued an order that no communications could come out of the CDC without being approved by the White House. This hampered the CDC response to the measles outbreak.

In interviews with local officials in Texas dealing with the measles outbreak in 2025, no one from the CDC responded to their requests for assistance. Calls went unanswered. When the local officials went to the State Health Department asking for help, they were given temporary workers who had no experience and were mostly useless.

Finally, the local officials found retired school nurses to help out. The school nurses were the only ones who seemed to know about measles, or in some cases, had actually treated children with measles when most pediatricians had never seen a case of measles in their practices.

This is what the failure of public health looks like. Trump and DOGE are to blame.

www.medpagetoday.com

As Measles Exploded, Texas Officials Looked to CDC. Under Trump, No One Answered.

Delayed response led to a multi-state crisis
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"The CDC had gone dark," said Terri Burke, executive director of the partnership. "We had anticipated a measles outbreak, but we didn't expect the federal government to be in collapse when it hit."

Technically, the Trump administration's freeze on federal communicationsopens in a new tab or window had ended Feb. 1. However, CDC scientists told KFF Health News that they could not speak freely for weeks after.

"There was a lot of confusion and non-answers over what communications were allowed," one CDC scientist said.

Georges Benjamin, MD, executive director of the American Public Health Association, said the situation was not unique to measles. "Like most public health organizations, we weren't able to get ahold of our program people in February," he said. Information trickled out through the CDC's communications office, but CDC scientists gave no press briefings and went dark on their closest partners across the country. "The CDC was gagged," he said.

Through private conversations, Benjamin learned that CDC experts were being diverted to remove informationopens in a new tab or window from websites to comply with executive orders. And they were afraid to resume communication without a green light from their directors or HHS as they watched the Trump administration lay offopens in a new tab or window CDC staffers in droves.
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Riverrick said:
And then there's Florida. What a disaster. How did we get here?


https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/ot...ine-mandates-is-playing-with-fire/ar-AA1LOIh5
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We got here compliments of this Nancy Sinatra wannabe:
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And by letting a COVID-19 charlatan affiliated with America’s Frontline Doctors, get named the Surgeon General of Florida. Ladapo has an MD but never treated patients. Ladapo has been caught several times altering research data regarding vaccines.

Florida Surgeon General Altered State-Funded Study on COVID Vaccine Risk | Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

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He also allowed measles to spread in Weston, a suburb of Miami. The school had 6 cases of measles but an overall 92% MMR vaccination rate. Ladapo went against CDC guidance which recommended that unvaccinated children not attend school until the outbreak had been contained (or get their unvaccinated children vaccinated before returning to school:
www.wusf.org

Ladapo criticized over measles memo that contradicts CDC guidance

In the wake of six measles cases at a Broward school, Florida's surgeon general writes that the Department of Health “is deferring to parents or guardians to make decisions about school attendance” without urging the need for MMR vaccinations.
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With the large immigrant population and large number of vacationers, Florida is a high risk area for childhood infectious diseases. It's just a matter of time before they have an outbreak which will further damage the State of Florida's troubled travel industry.
 
The children will suffer the most as the adults are already vaccinated. All of these viral diseases will have easy pickins of the schoolchildren who are congregating and infecting each other. I wonder if the parents realize that there is no treatment available for most of these diseases? Just think of the cost of all of those doctor's visits and ER visits and hospitalizations and time off of work to care for the kids. Not to mention the mortality. No one wants to lose a child.
 
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The children will suffer the most as the adults are already vaccinated. All of these viral diseases will have easy pickins of the schoolchildren who are congregating and infecting each other. I wonder if the parents realize that there is no treatment available for most of these diseases? Just think of the cost of all of those doctor's visits and ER visits and hospitalizations and time off of work to care for the kids. Not to mention the mortality. No one wants to lose a child.
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Yes, the children will suffer the most. When the mourners walk past the casket and talk to the parents, remind them, they killed their child because of their stupidity.
 
Oh Lord, here go Generalissimo DeSantis, who was directly responsible for thousands of unnecessary Covid deaths, and "Witch Doctor" Ladapo, who doesn't believe in medical science. Not only do they not want to educate the children in Florida, now they want to give them measles on top of that.
 
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...Not only do they not want to educate the children in Florida, now they want to give them measles on top of that.
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It's not going to be just measles, even though the MMR immunization is the one that the anti-vaxxers often single out.

I've worked mass immunization clinics. Because of the mandates, parents bring their kids into the public health clinics to get caught up on immunizations before school starts. Take away the mandates, and parents are less likely to take time off from work and less likely to find weekend clinics to get the shots. And with the cuts to Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), it also means less money to make the shots free.

The most vulnerable will be newborns. Measles, mumps and rubella are of particular concern because the first MMR shot is not administered until the child is over 12 months old. The second dose is administered at 4-6 years. It takes 2 doses to have full immunity, so a child remains vulnerable until they get the second shot.

The three diseases that pose the most risk are infuenza, RSV and pertussis (aka whooping cough). Even with the vaccines, children can still get these respiratory diseases. These three diseases send a lot of children to the hospital and can lead to lethal pneumonia. If you've never seen a child with whooping cough, you're lucky.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3oZrMGDMMw
 
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That is really painful to watch.
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The coughing and turning blue goes on for hours. The child in the video likely has a tube in their nose because the coughing makes them throw up whatever is in their stomach.

People born after 1980 have never seen these diseases and this is part of the problem that we're having. I'm old enough to remember people with leg braces and news reports about people in "iron lungs" because they got polio. I remember kids in my classes who got measles, rubella and mumps and how terrified parents were that their kids might get it. I've heard the barking cough of kids with "croup" and "whooping cough". When vaccinations became available, our parents fought to get us vaccinated so that we didn't get these diseases.

There was an interview with the public health people in West Texas where they commented that one of the problems they were having is that most pediatricians these days have never treated a child with measles because we thought that measles had been eradicated 25 years ago!

We have effective immunizations for these diseases today but we also have a new generation of parents who have never had to live through fear of polio, measles and other childhood diseases that parents used to be very worried about.
 
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