Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, one of the nation’s most visible public health leaders and a longtime trusted voice for LGBTQ+ communities, has resigned from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He denounced what he describes as a wholesale dismantling of science under President Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Daskalakis posted his blistering resignation letter on X and Instagram on Wednesday evening. In it, he said he would step down as director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases on Thursday, citing irreconcilable ethical and scientific concerns.
So courageous, so brave, so utterly full of shit.
Know how you take a stand? It’s not by quietly resigning. Gum up the works until you force them to fire you.
Oh they took all your responsibilities away? You can still cause a ruckus. Unplug computers, or servers if you can access them. Delete random files or edit them with garbage. Pull fire alarms “accidentally”. Start hanging pride flags everywhere. Straight up ignore office rules or directives. Make a fucking scene. None of these will lead to criminal charges. Your reputation won’t be ruined because being fired “for cause” under this administration is meaningless.