{"id":6933,"date":"2026-03-25T13:22:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/?p=6933"},"modified":"2026-03-25T13:22:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:22:21","slug":"demoralized-cdc-workforce-reels-from-year-of-firings-funding-cuts-and-a-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/?p=6933","title":{"rendered":"Demoralized CDC Workforce Reels From Year of Firings, Funding Cuts, and a Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t<iframe allow=\"fullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/player\/embed\/nx-s1-5742530\/nx-s1-9685886\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>On the coffee table at her home in Atlanta, Sarah Boim has a pile of documents from her old job at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They are printouts of her employment records.<\/p>\n<p>Boim lost her job in the first big wave of CDC firings \u2014 more than 1,000 people were suddenly let go last February.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the termination letter. I also printed off my performance review from 2024,\u201d she said. \u201cI knew I wouldn\u2019t have access to it, and everything was so chaotic that I needed proof of what was happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boim worked in the National Center for Environmental Health\/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, handling communications about radon, substances known as forever chemicals, lead poisoning, and other health threats.<\/p>\n<p>Rereading her termination letter, she still can\u2019t believe what it says.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3393\" height=\"2901\" src=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-04-lo.jpg\" alt=\"A woman sits on a couch holding papers that she's reading\" class=\"wp-image-2172038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-04-lo.jpg 3393w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-04-lo.jpg?resize=150,128 150w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-04-lo.jpg?resize=500,427 500w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-04-lo.jpg?resize=768,657 768w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-04-lo.jpg?resize=1270,1086 1270w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-04-lo.jpg?resize=1536,1313 1536w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-04-lo.jpg?resize=2048,1751 2048w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-04-lo.jpg?resize=120,103 120w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-04-lo.jpg?resize=170,145 170w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-04-lo.jpg?resize=300,256 300w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-04-lo.jpg?resize=315,269 315w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-04-lo.jpg?resize=630,539 630w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-04-lo.jpg?resize=1200,1026 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3393px) 100vw, 3393px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former CDC employee Sarah Boim rereads her termination letter at home in Atlanta. Boim lost her job in the first big round of firings in mid-February 2025, just weeks into the second Trump administration.<span class=\"photo-credit\">(Jess Mador\/WABE)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe agency finds you are not fit for continued employment because your ability, knowledge, and skills do not fit the agency\u2019s current needs, and your performance has not been adequate to justify further employment at the agency,\u201d the emailed letter reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that floored me,\u201d Boim said, \u201cbecause my performance was rated outstanding, and I even got a raise. It was just deeply insulting. So I was more upset than I think I was prepared to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration later brought back some of the workers who were fired in the first round, but it has also cut more staff and funding.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block block--newsletter  \" data-type=\"kaiser-health-news\/newsletter\" data-align=\"center\" style=\"\">\n<h4 class=\"newsletter__title\">\n<p>\t\t\tEmail Sign-Up<br \/>\n\t<\/h4>\n<p class=\"newsletter__description\">\n\t\tSubscribe to KFF Health News&#8217; free Morning Briefing.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The CDC has been without a permanent director for more than six months. Recently the Trump administration made Jay Bhattacharya the CDC\u2019s interim director, while he also runs the National Institutes of Health.<\/p>\n<p>The leadership uncertainty comes amid a year of disruption and dismissals at the Atlanta-based institution, from which more than 3,000 public health workers are now gone. That includes staffers the Trump administration terminated and workers who accepted early retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Ripple effects of the turmoil are still hitting the Atlanta region.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of 2025, the CDC had lost roughly a quarter of its workforce.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-02-lo.jpg\" alt=\"Protestors stand with love balloons and a heart sign that reads &quot;We love CDC&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-2172036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-02-lo.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-02-lo.jpg?resize=150,113 150w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-02-lo.jpg?resize=500,375 500w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-02-lo.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-02-lo.jpg?resize=1270,953 1270w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-02-lo.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-02-lo.jpg?resize=2048,1536 2048w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-02-lo.jpg?resize=120,90 120w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-02-lo.jpg?resize=170,128 170w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-02-lo.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-02-lo.jpg?resize=315,236 315w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-02-lo.jpg?resize=630,473 630w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-02-lo.jpg?resize=1200,900 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dozens of protesters rally across the street from CDC headquarters in Atlanta, marking a year since mass firings began at the agency under the Trump administration. Affecting thousands of workers at multiple federal agencies, the cuts began around Feb. 14, 2025, leading some CDC staffers to dub it the \u201cValentine\u2019s Day massacre.\u201d<span class=\"photo-credit\">(Jess Mador\/WABE)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Boim now works as a contractor in the health field, while also working a non-health-related freelance job. But she mourns the cuts at the CDC, and how the loss of expertise and resources will trickle down to communities. A significant portion of CDC funding goes directly to states and local public health departments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will cause generational harm, which always makes me tear up,\u201d Boim said. \u201cThe harm that\u2019s going to come to people that don\u2019t even know what CDC was protecting them from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut for Atlanta, there\u2019s a lot of us; there are thousands of CDC employees that live here,\u201d she added. \u201cWe are your friends, your neighbors, your family, and \u2014 with the lost income \u2014 it has an impact on local businesses also.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the SriThai restaurant across the street from the main CDC campus, more than a third of the customers are CDC employees, said manager Nathan Chanthavong.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant saw a \u201csmall dip\u201d in business in 2025 after the mass firings, and also during the government shutdown, he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3002\" height=\"2247\" src=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-03-lo.jpg\" alt=\"A man stands for a portrait inside a Thai restaurant dining room\" class=\"wp-image-2172037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-03-lo.jpg 3002w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-03-lo.jpg?resize=150,112 150w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-03-lo.jpg?resize=500,374 500w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-03-lo.jpg?resize=768,575 768w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-03-lo.jpg?resize=1270,951 1270w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-03-lo.jpg?resize=1536,1150 1536w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-03-lo.jpg?resize=2048,1533 2048w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-03-lo.jpg?resize=120,90 120w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-03-lo.jpg?resize=170,127 170w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-03-lo.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-03-lo.jpg?resize=315,236 315w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-03-lo.jpg?resize=630,472 630w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-03-lo.jpg?resize=1200,898 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3002px) 100vw, 3002px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nathan Chanthavong manages a SriThai restaurant in Atlanta. The restaurant saw a drop in catering orders from the CDC campus across the street in 2025.<span class=\"photo-credit\">(Jess Mador\/WABE)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTypically, we would get a catering order for the CDC. We saw it less, less, and less. It\u2019s not a really big impact, but catering is a big order; it is a lot of money,\u201d he said. \u201cSo it does affect us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CDC falls under the purview of the Department of Health and Human Services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHHS under the Biden administration became a bloated bureaucracy, growing its budget by 38% and its workforce by 17%,\u201d HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said of the cuts and attrition. \u201cThe Department continues to close wasteful and duplicative entities, including those that are at odds with the Trump administration\u2019s Make America Healthy Again agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since the mass firings began, former CDC workers and their supporters have protested outside the agency\u2019s main entrance every Tuesday during the afternoon rush hour.<\/p>\n<p>On a recent Tuesday, a bigger crowd than usual \u2014 about 75 people \u2014 lined up along the sidewalk. It had been a year since the first massive cuts, which occurred in mid-February 2025. CDC workers dubbed it the \u201cValentine\u2019s Day massacre.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Protesters waved handmade signs with slogans such as \u201cWe love CDC workers\u201d and \u201cSave Public Health.\u201d Passing drivers honked in solidarity.<\/p>\n<p>Among the protesters was Ben McKenzie, who is still employed as a CDC researcher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been heartbreaking to see so many talented, able colleagues be forced out or leave,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3154\" height=\"2306\" src=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-01-lo.jpg\" alt=\"Flowers and flags surround a memorial for DeKalb County police officer David Rose next to a sidewalk\" class=\"wp-image-2172035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-01-lo.jpg 3154w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-01-lo.jpg?resize=150,110 150w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-01-lo.jpg?resize=500,366 500w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-01-lo.jpg?resize=768,562 768w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-01-lo.jpg?resize=1270,929 1270w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-01-lo.jpg?resize=1536,1123 1536w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-01-lo.jpg?resize=2048,1497 2048w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-01-lo.jpg?resize=70,50 70w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-01-lo.jpg?resize=120,88 120w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-01-lo.jpg?resize=170,124 170w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-01-lo.jpg?resize=300,219 300w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-01-lo.jpg?resize=315,230 315w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-01-lo.jpg?resize=630,461 630w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/CDC-gutting-01-lo.jpg?resize=1200,877 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3154px) 100vw, 3154px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">People continue to leave flowers and notes at a memorial for DeKalb County police officer David Rose, who was killed in the Aug. 8, 2025, shooting outside CDC headquarters in Atlanta.<span class=\"photo-credit\">(Jess Mador\/WABE)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Current employees also need support, he said, especially after a man opened fire on CDC buildings last summer. The gunman killed DeKalb County police officer David Rose before killing himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019ve all felt the emotional impact of being targets,\u201d McKenzie said. \u201cRight now, to work at CDC is in a lot of ways to be a target.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Multiple CDC employees told KFF Health News and NPR the federal government has yet to fully fix the damage to the windows and buildings hit in last year\u2019s shooting.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2764\" height=\"1843\" src=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2228550604-cdc-shooting-2760.jpg\" alt=\"Bullet holes are seeing in the windows of an office building\" class=\"wp-image-2172026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2228550604-cdc-shooting-2760.jpg 2764w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2228550604-cdc-shooting-2760.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2228550604-cdc-shooting-2760.jpg?resize=500,333 500w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2228550604-cdc-shooting-2760.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2228550604-cdc-shooting-2760.jpg?resize=1270,847 1270w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2228550604-cdc-shooting-2760.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2228550604-cdc-shooting-2760.jpg?resize=2048,1366 2048w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2228550604-cdc-shooting-2760.jpg?resize=770,513 770w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2228550604-cdc-shooting-2760.jpg?resize=840,560 840w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2228550604-cdc-shooting-2760.jpg?resize=720,480 720w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2228550604-cdc-shooting-2760.jpg?resize=570,380 570w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2228550604-cdc-shooting-2760.jpg?resize=370,247 370w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2228550604-cdc-shooting-2760.jpg?resize=270,180 270w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2228550604-cdc-shooting-2760.jpg?resize=170,113 170w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2228550604-cdc-shooting-2760.jpg?resize=100,67 100w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2228550604-cdc-shooting-2760.jpg?resize=120,80 120w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2228550604-cdc-shooting-2760.jpg?resize=1170,780 1170w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2228550604-cdc-shooting-2760.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2228550604-cdc-shooting-2760.jpg?resize=200,134 200w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2228550604-cdc-shooting-2760.jpg?resize=315,210 315w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2228550604-cdc-shooting-2760.jpg?resize=630,420 630w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2228550604-cdc-shooting-2760.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2764px) 100vw, 2764px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bullet holes are seen in windows at CDC headquarters in Atlanta on Aug. 9, 2025, following a shooting the previous day. The gunman killed a DeKalb County police officer then himself.<span class=\"photo-credit\">(Elijah Nouvelage\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>McKenzie helps run a mutual aid group, one of several that have sprung up in Atlanta. He said the group has distributed more than $200,000 to help former CDC workers with rent and other needs.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article is from a partnership with <\/em><em>WABE<\/em><em> and NPR.<\/em><\/p>\n<aside class=\"meta-authors meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/aside>\n<section class=\"block--category-tag-list \">\n<div class=\"category-tag-list__content-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"block--category-tag-list__title\">\n\t\t\t\tRelated Topics\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\tContact Us\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tSubmit a Story Tip\n\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n#Demoralized #CDC #Workforce #Reels #Year #Firings #Funding #Cuts #Shooting<br \/>\nDemoralized CDC Workforce Reels From Year of Firings, Funding Cuts, and a Shooting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the coffee table at her home in Atlanta, Sarah Boim has a pile of documents from her old job at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They are printouts of her employment records. Boim lost her job in the first big wave of CDC firings \u2014 more than 1,000 people were suddenly let<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6933","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthoptibody.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}