Summary
The CDC has reinstated about 180 employees who were laid off two weeks ago as part of Trump and Musk’s purge.
The agency is among several now reversing layoffs, including those overseeing medical devices, food safety, bird flu response, nuclear weapons, and national parks. The total number of CDC terminations stands around 550.
Many reinstated workers were outbreak responders in public health fellowship programs.
Sen. Raphael Warnock welcomed the move but warned that continued cuts endanger public health and national security.
You’re not wrong, but it really does seem likely that the kind of people filling many of these positions aren’t necessarily in it for their own betterment.
It’s in the better interest of the American people to require a termination clause at this point. If it costs more to fire then there is some leverage against the administration.