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DOGE cuts at health agencies prompt ‘brain drain’ fears
The Hill ^ | 2/23/25 | Nathaniel Weixel

Posted on 02/23/2025 9:22:23 AM PST by DallasBiff

The Trump administration’s effort to reshape the federal government through Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is raising fears among public health experts, researchers and advocacy groups of a massive brain drain and dire impacts to public health.

Termination letters hit the inboxes of thousands of workers across health agencies in just the past week as the administration took a sledgehammer to the federal government.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: doge; fakenews; mds; musk; nathanielweixel; shrieks; shrieksofagony; tds
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Huh, these scientists pushing transgenderism and other crazy theories, didn't have a brain to drain, they are brainless in the first place.
1 posted on 02/23/2025 9:22:23 AM PST by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

I’m not that worried about the “brains” who would be leaving. They push politically-driven pseudoscience.


2 posted on 02/23/2025 9:23:37 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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These are the maniacs that wanted mandatory “vaccines”.

Those “brains” should be used to test time travel to see if we can send them back where they came from—the Mengele labs.


3 posted on 02/23/2025 9:26:36 AM PST by cgbg (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise.)
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This is BS. Anybody who has been to a hospital lately KNOWS THAT THE DOCTOR THEY SEE IS A FOREIGNER. They are pouring into America from all over the world. AND YOU CAN TAKE THAT TO THE BANK. This story is DemonRAT BS. Nate here is howling ‘WOLF!”


4 posted on 02/23/2025 9:27:04 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Cartel Human Smuggling Into America IS NOT Immigration. It's a crime.)
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To: DallasBiff

Eff em all. The best and brightest do NOT work in goobermint.


5 posted on 02/23/2025 9:27:18 AM PST by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and don't wish to smile.)
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To: DallasBiff

What do government scientists actually do? I think write grants for other people to do work. We can handle that sort of brain drain okay.


6 posted on 02/23/2025 9:28:55 AM PST by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
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“The Sky is falling, the sky is falling”

That’s all the democrats and media have any more.


7 posted on 02/23/2025 9:28:57 AM PST by falcon99 ( )
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“””KNOWS THAT THE DOCTOR THEY SEE IS A FOREIGNER.”””

Yup. I’ve talked with doctors from Russia, Turkey, Germany, Iran, Egypt, Japan, Canada eh, China and others. Some very brilliant minds but not always the easiest to understand with my old ears.


8 posted on 02/23/2025 9:32:46 AM PST by shelterguy
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"fears among public health experts, researchers and advocacy groups"

Those people sound important. In a vague sort of way.

9 posted on 02/23/2025 9:32:53 AM PST by Right Brother (I don't really care Margaret.)
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To: DallasBiff

All those allegedly expert epidemiologists told us multi millions were going to die from the epidemic. They completely ignored the actual history of epidemics, e.g., the Spanish Flu and Swine flu. These epidemics start out strong but become less virulent and calm down in 3 years. Anybody with a course in Introductory Epidemiology would know that and might have bought some stock at bargain prices in May of 2020. Actually Harvard’s Endowment fund probably bought stock then!


10 posted on 02/23/2025 9:32:57 AM PST by ladyjane
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To: DallasBiff

Brain-dead drain.


11 posted on 02/23/2025 9:33:40 AM PST by cp124 (Bring back the Constitution.)
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To: shelterguy

Same here.


12 posted on 02/23/2025 9:34:25 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Cartel Human Smuggling Into America IS NOT Immigration. It's a crime.)
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To: DallasBiff

Just send them here:

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2024/sep/mirror-mirror-2024

Recent, as of last year. “Key Findings: The top three countries are Australia, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, although differences in overall performance between most countries are relatively small. The only clear outlier is the U.S., where health system performance is dramatically lower.”

Americans know we aren’t getting the quality of healthcare we are paying for. This is another 80% issue, and once RFKJ gets going, everyone is going to know it even better. Trump is just ahead of the curve.


13 posted on 02/23/2025 9:34:57 AM PST by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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“dire impacts to public health.”

Where was the concern when millions of diseased people were flooding over the southern border bringing diseases back to life in the USA that were eradicated for decades?

I heard nothing but crickets. Not one peep from public health officials about the threats of disease from illegals.


14 posted on 02/23/2025 9:35:09 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Democrats who say ‘no one is above the law’ won’t mind going to prison for the money they stole.)
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To: DallasBiff

The smartest scientists don’t work for government.
They’re out making money in private business.


15 posted on 02/23/2025 9:40:45 AM PST by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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“”They Are Covering Immense Fraud”: Musk Says Surprise Fed Emails Meant To Uncover ‘Non-Existent Or Dead People’ Collecting Paychecks”

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/what-did-you-do-last-week-musk-says-federal-employees-have-until-midnight-monday-explain


16 posted on 02/23/2025 9:56:07 AM PST by CFW
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...raising fears among public health experts, researchers and advocacy groups of a massive brain drain and dire impacts to public health.

Really? Based on what evidence? "Massive"? Anytime I see dramatic words, I know it's fake news written by someone with no evidence but an agenda to promote. Pure BS.

17 posted on 02/23/2025 9:57:03 AM PST by econjack
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Considering the stupidity and anti-science that came out of these agencies during covid...we do not need them and they have no brains.


18 posted on 02/23/2025 9:57:20 AM PST by CodeToad ( )
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To: DallasBiff

The Hill is a brain drain. You can lose IQ reading it.


19 posted on 02/23/2025 9:59:24 AM PST by Luke21
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you cant drain brains that never had brains.

liberals are brainless zombies sucking off the government tit.


20 posted on 02/23/2025 10:00:34 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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