Oh no! Under the direction of Musk and his band of dudes who pay for dating apps, the U.S. Department of Agriculture "accidentally" fired employees working to control the H5N1 avian flu outbreak and is now scrambling to reverse its blunder.
And just like with the firings affecting our nukes are working they're scrambling to fix things so we don't all die.
The unnecessary terminations were made as Trump continues to abuse his power and force federal departments and agencies to needlessly lay off thousands of staff so billionaires can get richer.
The cuts are part of an effort to reduce federal spending by $2 trillion, which is being orchestrated by Elon Musk, the guy raking in billions of dollars in government contracts.
Musk's team is primarily filled with Discord mods and internet edge lords, a slew of non-experts with no experience in government, many of them teenagers to twentysomethings "moving fast and breaking things" in the US government.
The current H5N1 avian influenza dates back to 2022 and was under the control of experts until the Trump administration started slashing departments without any forethought of the consequences.
At the USDA there are multiple agencies under the Department of Agriculture working on the response to the bird flu outbreak that could be impacted, among them the Agricultural Research Service and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
A quarter of the staff working at the USDA’s National Animal Health Laboratory Network program office—which is involved in coordinating the work of dozens of laboratories responding to the avian flu outbreak—were laid off on Friday, Politico reported.
NBC News reported that multiple Republican lawmakers have privately complained to the Trump administration about DOGE’s rapid cuts as they pertain to the avian flu. I wish they'd publically complain and also do something to stop Musk's powertrip and subsequent gutting of America.
Data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics last week showed that the average price of large grade A eggs is the highest in 45 years.