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The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday that it's working to reverse the firing of agency personnel tasked with the federal response to the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).

The bird flu crisis in the U.S. is in a troubling new phase as the outbreak intensifies and the Trump administration maintains a pause on some external federal health agency communications.

"Several job categories, including veterinarians, animal health technicians, and other emergency response personnel have been exempted from the recent personnel actions to continue to support the HPAI response and other animal health priorities," the USDA said in an emailed statement Tuesday evening.

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[–] breadsmasher 35 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 weeks ago

"Malevolence tempered by incompetence"

One thing working in our favour is their utter stupidity. They're constantly stepping on rakes and then having to devote resources to managing the fallout.

[–] Late2TheParty 15 points 2 weeks ago

These guys are prolly GS-level workers so a pay raise isn't really feasible, but I hope they all negotiate a MUCH higher salary! Like, were they a 10? Well, they'll only come back if they're a 12! Really cost us some money, man. This administration deserves it.

[–] FlyingSquid 14 points 2 weeks ago

They always say the government should be run like a business.

Businesses don't last long if you just randomly fire people without checking to see whether or not they're essential.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

We can save a lot of money if we just kill everyone!