RFK Jr. fired every full-time CDC cruise ship sanitation inspector ahead of the Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak.

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Brian Tyler Cohen
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Unearthed reports reveal that RFK Jr. fired every full-time CDC cruise ship sanitation inspector ahead of the Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak.

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

10:35 AM · May 7, 2026

Unearthed reports reveal that RFK Jr. fired every full-time CDC cruise ship sanitation inspector ahead of the Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak.

www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...

— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) 2026-05-07T14:35:59.307Z

[Ocelot II]

1. It's not just negligence now. It seems like they are actively trying to make everything worse.

[dalton99a]

5. Trump and his gang are on a mission to dismantle, demolish, destroy our government

[Lovie777]

16. And if Americans die or maim so be it.......

[Texin]

21. I think what you posted is the goal. It's a feature not a bug.

[AZJonnie]

29. AGREED!

THEY.WANT.PEOPLE.TO.DIE.

(preferably those on the poorer side)

To me it seems very likely that Trump and his billionaire/Heritage buddies are purposefully trying to cull the herd, and RFK Jr. is the blade of the proverbial scythe

[GiqueCee]

31. I'll bet...

... there's a quote out there somewhere of some Republican uttering that very idea: Culling the herd.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is a disease for which there is only one remedy. FIRE HIS EVIL ASS!

[popsdenver]

36. Civilized nations around the world

thoroughly believe that Trump/Republicans action/in-actions during COVID resulted in the deaths of an ADDITIONAL 500,000 deaths in the U.S. and the statistics, (Per Capita), bear that out.......
The Republican's cuts in Health Care, Food stamps, Medicare, Medicaid, as well as their Anti-vax mentality is aimed at culling our nation's population, much like Putin has done in Russia............

[mucifer]

41. Yup he's a sadist and a sociopath

[Initech]

2. We have some absolute fucking monsters running this country.

RFK Jr should be spending the rest of his worthless life in maximum security prison for this.

[GreenWave]

3. Media will let him "worm" his way out of this.

[tanyev]

4. Of course he did.

We just have to build up our resistance to rodent viruses by swimming in a pool filled with rodents every day!

[RainCaster]

6. I have no more interest in cruise lines

The health risks are too high.

[popsdenver]

37. Not only cruise lines,

but I suspect that travel by airlines has dropped, and the Republican owned/operated Media is just not talking about it.....

[Skittles]

45. I have never understood the appeal

nope

[a kennedy]

7. Why can't he be sued?? Damn it!!!

🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬

[dalton99a]

9. Sovereign immunity.

[TommieMommy]

8. That was dumb 😑 I will never go on a cruise

[spanone]

10. Sounds like murder to me

[yorkster]

11. Jeezus. Was this anywhere other than CBS

and Bluesky? Can't believe I haven't heard it before. Let 'em die, eh Bobby?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

14. Late winter -- early spring 2025

https://news.google.com/search?q=Cdc fire cruise ship health inspector&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en

Healthcare
CDC fires cruise ship sanitation inspectors despite being on corporate payroll

By Brady Knox
Published April 11, 2025 1:25pm ET

{snip}

[yorkster]

17. Thanks. Just thought it would it have been

"all over the airwaves" to use an ancient phrase. Maybe it was and got lost in the daily fire hose of terrible news from the regime from hell.

[Kid Berwyn]

12. Seems like dereliction of duty.

I’m not a lawyer, just know a little about what it takes to be ship-shape and sea-worthy.

[PCIntern]

13. Except for pure sociopathic amorality,

On what basis do you fire health inspectors en masse.

I really think they’re trying to winnow the population.

They’re certainly trying to kill the cruise industry.

[TheRickles]

15. The firings were in April 2025, so not exactly "just ahead". Still bad, though.

[Grim Chieftain]

18. The insanity never ends

But hey, the rules do not apply to this toxic administration.

BTW - Have you noticed how many news people are calling it "huntavirus"? Really? I even Googled it to see if there was another virus by that name. Nope.

The dumb just doesn't end.

[Pinback]

32. Maybe it's junta-virus (nt)

[sakabatou]

19. And the US cruise ship industry will sink

No one will want to board one.

[no_hypocrisy]

20. Way to smoke, Bobby!

Wholly unpredictable, eh?

[BurnDoubt]

22. The entire KKKabinet...

We’re hand-picked from Bedlam.
So, yeah….

[not fooled]

23. 'Murica has no clue

of the implications of what krasnov has done and is doing to dismantle the U.S.

A guy who helps with maintenance at my house is a dedicated "Know Nothing" about politics. Willfully ignorant, although the rise in fuel prices has gotten his attention. I make a point of letting him know just a few of the things the regime has done that hurt average 'Muricans, just in case he ever gets motivated to inform himself and vote (I'm not optimistic).

He's going on a cruise soon. I will make sure he is aware of this story and its implications for him.

[maxsolomon]

24. Did this cruise visit a US port?

I thought Dutch-flagged MV Hondius was on a South Atlantic cruise, and the ship is stuck in the Azores while the virus burns through the passengers and crew.

Firing all the health inspectors is dumb AF but didn't have an impact on this event.

[LisaM]

27. They think the virus was picked up in Argentina.

It's been all over Canadian news, they've devoted hours to it. It's called the Andes strain, and it's a rare subset of the virus that can be transmitted from human to human. It also has a particularly long gestation period and the symptoms can appear to be other things.

I don't know if sanitation of the ship would have mattered in this case, but I also think cruise ships should be thoroughly inspected. It's madness not to do that.

[rickford66]

25. Trump did the same before COVID hit.

How many millions will die this time ?

[UpInArms]

26. It's the callous cruelty

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.

[Passages]

28. It seems to me we have a 5 alarm scandal every day.

[OMGWTF]

30. Rethuglicans want us dead. Especially us old, useless eaters.

[kimbutgar]

33. It's gotten to the point that the only trips I will take now are by car only

The last cruise I took was in September of 2019 and not long after we had the pandemic. I haven’t been on a plane since the 🍊🐖💩 resumed his reign of terror and messed up the safety of our aviation travel. I do not trust this government and reading that ghoulish rfk jr is firing knowledgeable scientists and doctors is scary as hell for our health.

[Ford_Prefect]

34. The harm IS intentional !!!!!! JR. is an abuser who delights in harming anyone he can

[Norbert]

35. RFKjr likes to torture animals

Having people die on his watch is a small step.

[LoisB]

38. Of course he did.

[Buddyzbuddy]

39. Somebody needs to check his basement.

[mucifer]

43. Check out what happened with his first wife

[2na fisherman]

40. Vulnerable To Intentional Biological Attack

What if a foreign adversary decided to unleash a deadly pathogen on all US ports of call? I makes sense for the government to check for bugs on ships out of desire to reduce harm and suffering due to natural non-lethal illnesses. It doesn't take a genius terrorist to make a bug for which there is no cure or vaccine and spread it on purpose. By the time our understaffed CDC could respond, it would be too late for the millions of casualties that would make the amount of Covid deaths seem small.

[PatrickforB]

42. Well, Trumpy DID tell us RFK would be 'going wild' in the HHS. Yep. Goin' wild. n/t

[FakeNoose]

44. Here's the odd thing: most people who take cruises are white and upper-middle-class

They aren't freeloaders, and most are born-here Americans. Why would Chump want to kill them off?
Maybe because they don't own their own private jets and yachts?