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The #TrumpMusk regime is killing off Meals on Wheels. Agency for snrs & ppl with disabilities to be
shuttered under #HHS cuts.
The Admin for Community Living will be disbanded & its “critical” programs will be integrated into other #HHS agencies such as the Admin for Children & Families, Centers for MDCR, MDCD Svcs...
“10s of Ms of snrs & ppl w disabilities use these programs: lifesaving & critical -Meals on Wheels, snr centers..." -A Barkoff, fmr head of #ACL.
#USPol
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/agency-for-older-adults-and-people-with-disabilities-to-be-shuttered-under-hhs-cuts-d0ff3bc2
“Privatization costs more, is less efficient, has worse outcomes, and people get less.
#DOGE has never been about finding fraud and waste. Its goal is to privatize essential government functions and give contracts to Trump and Elon’s circle of #oligarchs.”
-M D’Arrigo
If the #TrumpMusk regime succeeds in their goal of privatizing most of the fed govt, it’ll exacerbate health inequalities & destroy
the social safety net.
#Privatization #Musk #Trump #HHS #Resist #USPol
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/health-department-private-sector-takeover
The Guardian · Gutting US health agency will allow for private sector takeover, experts warn
Top US vaccine official resigns over RFK Jr’s ‘misinformation and lies’
Dr Peter Marks was seen as a guardrail against any future politicisation of the FDA’s approval of life-saving vaccines
A senior health official in the US, who was seen as a guardrail against any future politicisation of the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of life-saving vaccines, has resigned abruptly, citing the health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s “misinformation and lies”.
Dr Peter Marks served as the FDA’s top vaccine official. He had been lauded by Donald Trump during the US president’s first term for his role in Operation Warp Speed, the initiative that developed, manufactured and helped distribute the Covid-19 vaccines.
Like most of Trump's people that went through the confirmation process, Kennedy LIED.
#vaccines #health #HHS #Kennedy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/top-us-vaccine-official-resigns-over-rfk-jrs-misinformation-and-lies-dr-peter-marks
The Guardian · Top US vaccine official resigns over RFK Jr’s ‘misinformation and lies’
#RFKjr #HHS
"Kennedy's plan will 'effectively shutter or downsize a number of divisions under the HHS umbrella, including virtually eliminating some offices tasked with tackling HIV and improving minority health,' NBC News notes."
He's not a doctor and does not believe that HIV causes AIDS!
BREAKING: RFK Jr. to shut down HHS Office of Infectious Diseases & HIV Policy
"Workers expect notice Friday and over the weekend."
https://www.advocate.com/health/office-infectious-diseases-hiv-closing
Advocate.com · BREAKING: RFK Jr. to shut down HHS Office of Infectious Diseases & HIV Policy
What an absolute PoS. 
‘You look like you ate Governor Morrisey': RFK Jr. fat-shames Republican to his face
Raw Story · 'You look like you ate Governor Morrisey': RFK Jr. fat-shames Republican to his face
Seriously, fuck #rfkjr. Many people are saying that he should catch an easily preventable disease. Not me, but many people are saying it. https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/march-28-2025?r=10cse3&utm_medium=ios #lettersfromanamerican #HeatherCoxRichardson #uspol ##hhs #doge
Letters from an American · March 28, 2025
#TheGremlinZoo #USPol #HHS #Vaccines #HIV
From CBSNews.com: RFK Jr. to gut vaccine promotion and HIV prevention office, sources say
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-to-gut-vaccine-promotion-and-hiv-prevention-office-sources-say/
March 28 2025
BREAKING: RFK Jr. to shut down #HHS Office of Infectious Diseases & HIV Policy
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to fire the entire staff of the Office of Infectious Disease and #HIV/AIDS Policy, CBS News reports.
Multiple employees told CBS they expected to receive notices Friday or over the weekend. The Office of Minority Health is also set to be dissolved. These closures are part of a plan to cut 20,000 positions at HHS.
The Office of Infectious Disease has promoted vaccines[...]. It has handled the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. program, started by Donald Trump in his first term, as well. It’s unknown if this program will continue under another HHS office.
https://www.advocate.com/health/office-infectious-diseases-hiv-closing
Advocate.com · BREAKING: RFK Jr. to shut down HHS Office of Infectious Diseases & HIV Policy
"It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
— Dr. Peter Marks, resignation letter
RFK Jr was directly asked in Long Covid research would be a priority, and he immediately pivots into vaccine injury research.
By the end of the 60 second clip, he’s calling long covid and Lyme disease “injuries”
This man is exceedingly dangerous to the chronically ill AND those who still have their health.
He’s sowing distrust in vaccines which will lead to preventable death and disability, while also trying to blame the vaccines for many chronic illness.
While vaccine injuries do happen, they’re thankfully rare.
You know what’s not rare? Long Covid. 1 in 10 will develop LC after a Covid infection, with many experts saying the number is probably closer to 1 in 5.
Measles are on the rise due to declining vaccination rates. 2-3 children will die for every 1000 measles cases, and many more will be left disabled.
Get your boosters while you still can!
Fantastic news! Long Covid research grants restored due to the efforts of advocates all over the country.
Never let anyone silence you or convince you that your voice doesn’t matter.
We all have power, and even those of us who are disabled can make a difference in our own way.
Speak up, demand accountability and work together. Change is possible!
https://thesicktimes.org/2025/03/28/update-recover-long-covid-pathobiology-grants-restored/
The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long Covid crisis · UPDATE: RECOVER Long COVID pathobiology grants restored - The Sick TimesLong COVID research grants from the National Institutes of Health’s RECOVER program will be restored following news stories about their abrupt cancellations and advocacy to restore the funding, according to patient representatives in the initiative.
From Reuters.com: Top vaccine official Peter Marks forced out at FDA, WSJ reports
https://www.aol.com/news/top-vaccine-official-peter-marks-010311792.html
AOL · Top vaccine official Peter Marks forced out at FDA, WSJ reports
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The #Trump admin on Fri pushed out Peter Marks, the nation’s top #vaccine regulator & an architect of the US program to rapidly develop #coronavirus #vaccines, a move that comes as #HHS Secy #RFKJr continues his *overhaul* [destruction] of the nation’s #health & #science agencies amid a worsening #US outbreak of #measles.
Marks, who joined the FDA in 2012 & had overseen its Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research since 2016, was offered the choice to resign or be fired….
He opted to resign.
Continued thread
The govt is threatening to end the flow of billions to #universities across the country, many of which are facing inquiries from agencies that range from the #DOJ to #HHS.
But #Trump’s punitive approach…is playing out most acutely at #Columbia. The university, a hub of last spring’s campus #protest movement against the war in #Gaza, has spent months confronting accusations that it *condoned* *antisemitic* behavior, permitted *lawlessness* to dominate, & stifled #academic & #political #speech.
RFK Jr.’s measles ‘treatment’ leaves kids hospitalized with toxic vitamin A levels
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/rfk-jrs-measles-treatment-leaves-34952161
Irish Star · RFK Jr.’s measles cure leaves kids hospitalized with vitamin A toxicityAfter RFK Jr. advised Americas to fight the measles outbreak with vitamin A rather than the vaccine, a hospital in Texas has reported multiple cases of children with vitamin A toxicity.
Via Dave Levitan:
Per a source with knowledge, the entire #HHS Office of #InfectiousDisease & #HIV / #AIDS Policy, or #OIDP, was just fired.
The Office of Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS/OCR) used to do a fairly good job of protecting patient's sensitive information. They did this by enforcing the HIPAA security rules and penalties for non-compliance included fines, mandatory compliance programs, and CEO liability.
No longer.
HHS/OCR has now been weaponized to enforce anti-DEI initiatives of the current administration. Here is the recent headline from HHS/OCR:
"OCR Investigates a Major Medical School in California for Reportedly Prioritizing Discriminatory Race-Based Criteria over Academic Merit"
Right. What nonsense. Welcome aboard - your pilot is Dangerous and your Co-pilot is Stupid. Have a good flight.
This will not be good.