The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it accidentally
fired several employees working on the H5N1 avian influenza, or bird
flu, outbreak and is now trying to rehire them.
The about-face came after the USDA touted its plans to “optimize its workforce” by firing workers and terminating contracts, actions aided by billionaire Elon Musk’s unofficial agency, the “department of government efficiency” (Doge), NBC News reported on Tuesday.
“Although several positions supporting [avian flu] were notified of
their terminations over the weekend, we are working to swiftly rectify
the situation and rescind those letters,” a USDA spokesperson told NBC.
Since 2022, efforts to limit the spread of bird flu have led to the
slaughter of more than 145m chickens, turkeys and other birds, causing
the price of eggs to jump. In 2024, egg prices rose 65% and then another
15% in the month of January alone.
Meanwhile, the state of Turkey has begun exporting around 15,000 metric
tonnes (16,500 US tons) of eggs to the United States.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/19/agriculture-department-fires-bird-flu-vaccine-workers
Egg Aid only in exchange for a regime change. And the re-hiring of the
USDA employees. And a new 6000 SUX!
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“We need to acknowledge he let us down. He went down a path he shouldn’t have, and we shouldn’t have followed him. We shouldn’t have listened to him, and we can’t let that happen ever again”.
-- Nikki Haley
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