MaddowBlog-Less than a month into her tenure, Susan Monarez is already being ousted at the CDC

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Less than a month ago, Senate Republicans confirmed Susan Monarez to lead the CDC. Remarkably, her tenure is already coming to an end.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/susan-monarez-cdc-centers-disease-control-rcna227627

Trump’s second choice was Susan Monarez, who had greater success: Late last month, Senate Republicans ignored Democratic concerns and confirmed her as the new CDC chief, making her the first CDC director without a medical degree in more than 70 years.

Monarez’s tenure, however, was extraordinarily brief. The Washington Post was first to report:

Susan Monarez, the newly installed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is being ousted weeks after she was confirmed to lead the public health agency, according to multiple administration officials familiar with the matter. ... Monarez had scheduled an agencywide call Monday, but that was canceled Friday, according to several CDC employees who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters.

.....While these new developments are still unfolding, Monarez’s departure comes just weeks after a gunman opened fire in Atlanta near the CDC campus, killing a police officer and leaving CDC officials terrified and frustrated with their leaders, including Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

It also comes at a difficult time for the CDC in general, with the agency recently having curtailed some of its important work, coupled with RFK Jr. undermining the CDC by, among other things, ousting the members of the CDC’s independent vaccine advisory committee.

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1. Following the ouster of CDC Director Susan Monarez, three additional CDC leaders have resigned

The Night of the Long Needles

— Will Bunch (@willbunch.bsky.social) 2025-08-27T22:47:33.493Z

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2. I've worked at places where utterly incompetent people

Were put in charge and the whole thing went to shit almost immediately. This is bound to happen in all those departments there is no other possibility.

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3. Guess that agency is shutting down.

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4. Top CDC scientists resign after Trump fires agency head: report

Multiple scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention submitted their resignations on Wednesday afternoon after President Donald Trump fired the recently confirmed CDC director.

— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2025-08-27T23:00:35Z

https://www.rawstory.com/cdc-2673933922/

Multiple scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention submitted their resignations on Wednesday afternoon after President Donald Trump fired the recently confirmed CDC director.

The Department of Health and Human Services posted on its official X account that Susan Monarez is "no longer director" of the agency, which happened about one month after she was confirmed for the job. The Washington Post reported that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked Monarez to leave because she would not change the agency's vaccine policies.

Ali Rogan, journalist for PBS NewsHour, reported on X that three other high-ranking scientists from the agency also resigned, and more departures could follow.

The other departing scientists are Dan Jernigan, director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases; Deb Houry, the agency's chief medical officer; and Demetre Daskalakis, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.

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5. The dismantling of our government is proceeding according to plan

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6. The CDC head did NOT resign and has two of the top lawyers

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