The first wave of an anticipated 10,000-person reduction in force at the Department of Health and Human Services (Making HHS Healthy Again: RFK Jr. Cuts Thousands of Jobs, Nukes Multiple Divisions – RedState) kicked off this morning as employees found their key cards did not work and that layoff notices landed in their email inboxes at 5 a.m.
Senior leaders were not immune to the Grim Reaper of the reduction in force. Some were placed on administrative leave. Others, such as Jeanne Marrazzo, who succeeded Anthony Fauci as the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Brian King, director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products, were offered transfers to the Indian Health Service, requiring moves to remote areas on Indian reservations and they had to decide by 5 p.m. Tuesday.
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