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Thank you for keeping us updated. Please continue with the Good Fight!

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So easy for me to write but I am praying they hold the line. I am appalled at what's transpired over these weeks and I already thought I was expecting the worst. If you are on Facebook, highly recommend following Alt National Parks. They're doing their best to communicate to federal employees as well as the American public.

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Really hope Senator Bill Cassidy says No to JFK jr , it may go to a full Senate vote … Really hoping CDC stays intact for humankind. WHO still can’t get any communication from CDC right now? Really concerned about future development of new covid vaccines, bird flu H5N1 vaccines … and public health for everyone in world (long covid, tuberculosis, HIV, Marburg, Ebola etc research regarding our environment, chemicals, toxins, climate change, food scarcity and agriculture etc the list goes on…antibiotic drug resistance, pneumonia reduction etc … new antibiotic development, science innovation … unionizing scientists and health care professionals sounds astute if that’s feasible …

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This admin, including the unelected broligarchy, have a fundamental lack of understanding about the federal workforce. We took an oath to the constitution. We believe in our mission and put it above our self-interests. We are not motivated by greed. We are not looking for short-cuts. We work long hours, many times uncompensated, sometimes penalized for doing so. #HOLDtheLINE

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Maybe you can find out why the AMA, the American Academy of Pediatrics, etc are not making loud public comments on this very disruptive approach to public health functioning.

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I would like to know this as well!

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thank you--it's an antidote to despair as I read how Musk has taken over sensitive computer systems and the DOJ is threatening to sue people who oppose him. Do we have any updates o the data and information freeze? February 1 has passed, what has changed? Thank you for all you do.

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Encouraging on face value, but wonder how many are senior level? There is a hiring freeze as well and Trump has called for a list of probationary/new workers. We are only in the first couple of weeks with much more to come. A favorite tactic of past GOP administrations is to remove the enforcement and/or funding agencies thus rendering individual depts and laws impotent. Reduce morale and capability by reducing supportive staff. Might be good to ask how these agencies and employees are doing as well?

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Dear Dr. Faust, Another Substack newsletter,

https://substack.com/@sarscov2covid19/note/c-90696577?r=yq0zh&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action,

Is claiming bird flu has spread to fifty mammal species and is airborne. This newsletter has no provenance listed and is requesting people to share their data. Do you know anything about this newsletter or its claims of airborne spread of bird flu?

Thank you, Melissa

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I would like to know where they are getting their info. Looking at their page they don’t even say who they are.

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This is not “illegal therefore we will sue and win”. This is a coup. P2025 and a Christian Nationalist Authoritarian coup. If you are not on their side, you are in their way. And a coup uses extra legal means to remove obstacles

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