Summary
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. acknowledged that up to 20% of the 10,000 layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services may have been mistakes and will require reinstatements.
The cuts, part of a DOGE-led restructuring with Elon Musk, eliminated key programs, including the CDC’s Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, stalling public health responses.
FDA officials confirmed some staff have already been asked to return temporarily, including teams handling drug and food inspections.
A bit hyperbolic, I’ll admit - though I’m in no position to uproot my family and move anywhere.
Lots of people around the world are in that position every day.
Emigration is never an easy decision.
edit: even so, in most countries USians would be significantly more welcome than most refugees. Even now.