CDC Mutual Aid Network
@cdcmutualaid.bsky.social
The CDC Mutual Aid Network was established in direct response to the sudden and widespread layoffs at the CDC, aiming to support and uplift those affected. Learn more at: https://www.cdcresourceportal.org
My voting outfit: CDC zombie apocalypse shirt. My priorities: health, science, and thriving communities. 🗳️ Vote for health. Our future depends on it. @standupforscience.net @ucs.org @altcdc.altgov.info @cdcmutualaid.bsky.social @firedbutfighting.bsky.social @defendpublichealth.bsky.social
For friends in ATL: We're thrilled to partner with Bookish Atlanta to curate a selection of books focused on public health, structural inequality & community resilience. All profits from books on this shelf will be donated to CDC Mutual Aid. 🥰 Learn More: www.bookishatl.com/for-the-publ...
For the Public Good — Bookish is East Atlanta’s Indie Bookstore
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Y'all!!! So excited to share a collaboration that the @cdcmutualaid.bsky.social is doing with Bookish in EAV. Please check it out and help raise some funds for some amazing causes! 🥰 📚 www.bookishatl.com/for-the-publ...
For the Public Good — Bookish is East Atlanta’s Indie Bookstore
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Question for our public health peeps: What disease or condition sparked your love of public health?
Public health has been in a spooky place lately, with measles outbreaks, food safety issues galore, and the general vibes being off. In honor of the spookiest spooky season in recent memory, we have some new stuff in our store: cdc-mutual-aid-network.printful.me
Happy to share that CDC Mutual Aid has a FRESH summer merch drop, featuring some new designs: "Public Health is for EVERYONE," "Make Government Jobs Boring Again," a design honoring vaccine scientists, and some very nerdy public health-themed soccer jerseys. cdc-mutual-aid-network.printful.me
We're wishing @drdebhoury.bsky.social a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY! We're lucky to have you still fighting for us! There's still time to donate to Dr. Houry's birthday fundraiser for CDC Mutual Aid: tinyurl.com/24rwr7z2 And a huge shout out to the folks who have donated already: Almost $3500 raised!
It's not too late to give to @cdcmutualaid.bsky.social Appreciate all who have donated for this fundraiser so far- yesterday was a tough reminder of the 2400 staff laid off one year ago- this is a positive way to support these impacted amazing public health people. Thanks for considering
CDC Mutual Aid Network@cdcmutualaid.bsky.social · 8mo agoHappy (early) Birthday, @drdebhoury.bsky.social! Thank you for always standing up, speaking out, and looking out for CDC workers. 🥹 We are so lucky to have a leader like you! 👑 You can donate to Dr. Houry's birthday fundraiser for CDC Mutual Aid here: tinyurl.com/24rwr7z2
Today was the 1 year anniversary of the DOGE-driven Reductions In Force (RIFs) at CDC. Thousands of our colleagues were fired without cause and without notice. When photos started circulating of these whiteboards, I remember bawling my eyes out.
Alt CDC (they/them)@altcdc.altgov.info · 7mo ago🧵1/ In the days following the RIF, surviving CDCers crowdsourced a list on the whiteboards in the CDC library of RIF’d programs and offices.
Happy (early) Birthday, @drdebhoury.bsky.social! Thank you for always standing up, speaking out, and looking out for CDC workers. 🥹 We are so lucky to have a leader like you! 👑 You can donate to Dr. Houry's birthday fundraiser for CDC Mutual Aid here: tinyurl.com/24rwr7z2
Deb Houry@drdebhoury.bsky.social · 8mo agoFor my birthday, I'm asking you to give. Last year during that time we were hit with RIFs and shuttered programs. 100% of donations go directly to CDC employees facing hardship. Please consider a gift in any amount! tinyurl.com/24rwr7z2 @cdcmutualaid.bsky.social @altcdc.altgov.info #GivingBack
We hope that our colleagues who were RIFed or placed on Administrative Leave last year first on the list to be hired back!
Alt CDC (they/them)@altcdc.altgov.info · 8mo ago🧵1/3 I need to vent. These idiots destroyed critical public health work and lost the expertise of over 3,000 dedicated staff. Now they think they can fix that by bringing in new hires? How about ensuring all the folks on admin leave are brought back first? federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/20...
💚 Looking for ways to support CDC staff? Check out @cdcmutualaid.bsky.social The 2026 fundraising goal of $75,000 would provide funds to the 38 CDCers still on their waiting list 💵 Donations: www.cdcresourceportal.org 🛒 CDC mutual aid store: cdc-mutual-aid-network.printful.me
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From Gratitude to Action
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RFK Jr. fired all of the legitimate scientific experts on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and replaced them with unqualified political appointees. A judge just ruled that the new members were not appropriately appointed, so ACIP cannot meet this week to spread more misinformation.
There was a great interview on NPR this week featuring current and former CDC workers - and CDC Mutual Aid is mentioned! Check it out if you missed it: wbhm-org.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/wbhm.org...
After firings, funding cuts, and a shooting, can a demoralized CDC workforce recover? | WBHM 90.3
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David was an ORISE fellow at CDC. After his fellowship was unexpectedly cut short, CDC Mutual Aid was able to provide him with funds to help cover essential living expenses. He found the generosity of our donors "deeply touching and inspiring." Read David's story here: tinyurl.com/54ua9rs2
Six months. In six months as "Acting Director," he never held an All-Staff meeting to address CDC workers and rarely made it to CDC campus. (Telework for me but never for thee!)
Alt CDC (they/them)@altcdc.altgov.info · 9mo agoActing CDC director Jim O’Neill is out. Byyyee Felicia 👋 www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
💚 Looking for ways to support CDC staff? Check out @cdcmutualaid.bsky.social. In 2025 CDC mutual aid gifted more than $200,000 to nearly 170 CDCers who lost their income. 💚 💵 See here for donations: www.cdcresourceportal.org 🛒 Check out the CDC mutual aid store: cdc-mutual-aid-network.printful.me
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From Gratitude to Action: The Feb 14 Challenge Help us kick off the new season with strength. We are raising $75,000 by February 14th
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📣 Nobody is coming to save us. Nobody is coming to save public health. We must do it ourselves. Join an organization, find an event, bring friends. Comment your suggestions below 👇 www.mobilize.us/indivisible/ www.fiftyfifty.one/ www.findaprotest.info/map theblop.org/ #weekinprotest
Welp, here we are again.... another government shutdown. 🫠 This is a good time to share our "Government Shutdown Survival Guide" again... www.cdcresourceportal.org/resources/sh... Let us know if you can think of other resources to add!
New public health merch alert! 3 new designs from CDC artists ("Love your Community - Vaccinate!", "Public Health is Love", and "We Are Public Health" design featuring 70+ public health roles!) as well as CDC Mutual Aid merch & a few items honoring Dr. Foege. cdc-mutual-aid-network.printful.me
In 2025, the CDC Mutual Aid Network Fund received a $10,000 donation from CDC Federal Credit Union (Which we're just now able to announce!) This generous contribution was part of Elan Credit Card's Charitable Giving program. Thank you for investing in our mission! tinyurl.com/2s43t7hf
Today, we lost an incredible public health leader: Former CDC Director (1977-1983) William "Bill" Foege. He led CDC's efforts to eradicate Smallpox; he inspired MANY generations of public health workers, and he defended us to the end. ❤️🩹 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89
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He was one of us. He took the same oath that all CDC and HHS employees take.
Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS@dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 10mo agoAlex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
"We will live through this drought of values, principles, and facts and again apply our talents to improving global health and happiness. Do not back down." - Bill Foege.
STAT@statnews.com · last yr.“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time,” writes former CDC Director William Foege. www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...
“I see the philosophy of science as breaking down the walls of ignorance to find truth. I see the philosophy of medicine as the ability to apply that truth to your patients. And I see the philosophy of public health is to apply that truth to everybody.” - William (Bill) Foege, Former CDC Director.
We are just a few donations away from reaching 1,000 donations to the CDC Mutual Aid Fund! To celebrate this milestone, we're giving away a special gift to our 1,000th donor. 🎁 Will your donation be #1000? Visit www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...!
Great story in @theatlantic.com featuring some of our incredible Federal colleagues who have been removed from their jobs this year. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Purged
Donald Trump’s destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded, but for an entire nation.
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