(The Hill) – Greater than 1,000 present and former staff of the Division of Well being and Human Companies (HHS) are demanding that Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. resign, following his ousting of the director of the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention and different actions they are saying are “compromising the well being of the nation.”
“Should he decline to resign, we call upon the President and U.S. Congress to appoint a new Secretary of Health and Human Services, one whose qualifications and experience ensure that health policy is informed by independent and unbiased peer-reviewed science. We expect those in leadership to act when the health of Americans is at stake,” a letter by the group of former and present staff, despatched to Kennedy and members of Congress on Wednesday, states.
The letter builds on an effort from final month when HHS employees known as on Kennedy to do extra to guard public well being professionals following the Aug. 8 capturing on the CDC headquarters in Atlanta.
For the reason that letter’s launch on Aug. 20, an extra 887 HHS employees have signed on, based on the organizing group Save HHS. The group mentioned Kennedy has not responded to the letter; HHS launched a press release accusing them of politicizing the tragedy.
The newest letter cited Kennedy’s ousting of Susan Monarez and the following resignations of 4 prime company leaders in response to her ousting.
The HHS staff additionally slammed Kennedy for appointing “political ideologues who pose as scientific experts and manipulate data to fit predetermined conclusions,” in addition to for persevering with to verbally assault his personal company workforce.
“We believe health policy should be based in strong, evidence-based principles rather than partisan politics. But under Secretary Kennedy’s leadership, HHS policies are placing the health of all Americans at risk, regardless of their politics,” the letter said.
The staffers emphasised they signed the letter of their private capacities, and a few remained nameless “out of well-founded fear of retaliation and threats to personal safety.”
