On 1 April, thousands of workers at HHS and agencies like the CDC were let go, leaving those left to piece together the cuts and mourn the research that can\u2019t go forward<\/p>\n
For the past two months, members of the Elon Musk-led \u201cdepartment of government efficiency\u201d (Doge) have stalked the halls of the Center for Disease Control\u2019s (CDC) Atlanta headquarters.<\/p>\n
Several employees told the Guardian that if a Doge staffer walked through their offices and saw a badge at an untended workstation, its owner would be fired promptly. Firing someone for a security violation gave Doge an excuse to circumvent the defenses of civil service protection, or performance reviews, or seniority.<\/p>\n
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