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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social

The average American simply has no idea how quickly the infrastructure that keeps us safe and healthy is collapsing. These systems run in the background thanks to government employees who quietly do critical work. Those employees are being purged and systems are being destroyed.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com

"Her patient had signs of what could be a cancer or could be an unusual infection — diagnoses that would require completely different treatment. Ordinarily, she would confirm an infection after sending a sample to the CDC for testing ...the CDC no longer has the capacity to do that"

"I’ve never heard as many colleagues saying things like 'CDC is dead’ as I have today," an agency employee told STAT.

Crisis within CDC is spilling into real world, experts say

"I’ve never heard as many colleagues saying things like 'CDC is dead’ as I have today," an agency employee told STAT.

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    Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social

    I really try not to be alarmist, and there are many five-alarm fires at the moment, but the collapse of CDC (and other health related infrastructure) scares the absolute shit out of me and it should scare everyone else too.

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    Hector Kavalares @hectoroftroy.bsky.social

    I used to work intakes at a world renown cancer treatment center in Boston (not named to avoid law suits).

    I have seen many charts for many patients who self-deluded and tried MAHA crap - after snake oil, crystals, and carrot juice of once good-prognosis cancer led to progression.

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    Erin E. Worrel @erinerex.bsky.social

    I've been screaming my head off at the danger of this since the morning of Nov 6 and everyone around me has told me to calm down. Widespread denial at the collapse of public health.

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    Frank Vehafric @fvehafric.bsky.social

    The eventual collapse of these systems helps end authoritarian regimes. Usually the decay is slower as the levers of government get filled with toadies and grifters. Trump is accelerating the process, which may end badly for him. Unfortunately, part of the process is people feeling the pain.

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