(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — Recent reportsr evealed that at least three people have died and several others are sick after a hantavirus outbreak hit a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Last year, Robert F. Kennedy fired all the full-time employees at the CDC’s Vessel Sanitation Program. 314 Action spokesperson Grace Silva released the following statement in response:
“RFK Jr. ruins everything—including your vacation. He fired every CDC inspector in charge of investigating and managing cruise ship outbreaks and now a rat-bourne virus is threatening global public health. He’s overseen the worst measles outbreak in decades and now he’s Making The Plague Great Again.
“With summer break fast approaching, Americans deserve to have a fully staffed CDC equipped to prevent and contain deadly infections, a health secretary they can trust and a vacation they can come home from.”
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