CDC's cruise ship inspectors laid off amid bad year for outbreaks

[highplainsdem]

Source: CBS

All of the full-time employees in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Vessel Sanitation Program are now off the job, multiple officials tell CBS News, gutting the agency's ability to investigate outbreaks and conduct health inspections on cruise ships. A smaller group of 12 U.S. Public Health Service officers will remain.

The steep cuts to the program's inspectors baffled CDC officials since the small team's staff is not paid for by taxpayer dollars. Fees from cruise ships companies pay for the program, which is supposed to inspect large vessels at least twice a year.

The epidemiologist tasked with leading the agency's outbreak response on cruise ships was included in the layoffs, multiple CDC officials said.

The cuts come as the U.S. has been battling a record surge of norovirus, largely driven by a new strain of the virus.

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Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cruise-ship-inspectors-layoffs-outbreaks-norovirus/

[SheltieLover]

1. Cripes.

They seem hell bent on creating havoc & causing suffering.

[not fooled]

2. "A diseased population is easier to control"

--scholar of authoritarian regimes Ruth Ben-Ghiat.

[Karasu]

3. "The steep cuts to the program's inspectors baffled CDC officials since the small team's staff is not paid for by

taxpayer dollars."

The Dems need to be screaming this at the top of their lungs.

There is no reason to do this kind of shit other than to kill people off. None.

[Historic NY]

4. Great I guess we will be bringing wipes and hand disinfectant

I know Norwegian was super careful making people wipe their hands and they continually cleaned hand rails and police entrances and exits from food area on my last cruise,

[Old Testament Libera]

5. This is a good year

...to avoid cruise ships

Plus you might get arrested when you get back anyway