‘Bloodbath’: Journalists Report Trump Administration’s Massive CDC Firings Will Be Felt Worldwide

Jennifer Bowers Bahney Oct 11th, 2025, 4:28 pm

Journalists reported that the Trump administration’s massive CDC layoffs will be felt worldwide as “potentially important outbreaks” have the potential to now go undetected.

The administration began laying off dozens of employees on Friday night, including high-ranking scientists, at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, as part of its latest round of federal layoffs during the government shutdown.

President Donald Trump promised mass federal worker layoffs on “Democrat Programs” as punishment for the shutdown, as recommended by the director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought.

On Friday, Vought posted “The

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