Much of the federal government's efforts to buoy lagging childhood vaccination rates have been run through the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy.

Summary

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to eliminate the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP) and dissolve the Office of Minority Health as part of a broader HHS restructuring that will cut 20,000 positions.

OIDP, key to vaccine promotion and HIV prevention, oversees programs like the national vaccine strategy and “Ending the HIV Epidemic.”

Its functions may be absorbed into a new agency, the Administration for a Healthy America (AHA).

The move raises concerns about public health impacts, especially amid declining vaccination rates.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
    33·
    2 days ago

    Can’t? It’s already halfway there.

    Dictatorial regime in charge

    Very low to (soon) hardly any education standards

    Barely any healthcare available for anyone

    Highly corrupt

    Highly corrupt police force that can act with near impunity

    Nearly all news outlets are controlled by government and spew nothing but propaganda 24/7

    Largest part of the population is or is sliding into poverty

    Rampant homelessness

    I can go on for a while…