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mahatmakanejeeves

(70,555 posts)
Thu May 7, 2026, 11:13 AM Thursday

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

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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
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RFK Jr. fired every full-time CDC cruise ship sanitation inspector ahead of the Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Thursday OP
It's not just negligence now. It seems like they are actively trying to make everything worse. Ocelot II Thursday #1
Trump and his gang are on a mission to dismantle, demolish, destroy our government dalton99a Thursday #5
And if Americans die or maim so be it....... Lovie777 Thursday #16
I think what you posted is the goal. It's a feature not a bug. Texin Thursday #21
AGREED! AZJonnie Thursday #29
I'll bet... GiqueCee Thursday #31
Civilized nations around the world popsdenver Thursday #36
Yup he's a sadist and a sociopath mucifer Thursday #41
We have some absolute fucking monsters running this country. Initech Thursday #2
Of course they're all monsters. They're Eugenicists. haele Thursday #46
Media will let him "worm" his way out of this. GreenWave Thursday #3
Of course he did. tanyev Thursday #4
I have no more interest in cruise lines RainCaster Thursday #6
Not only cruise lines, popsdenver Thursday #37
I have never understood the appeal Skittles Thursday #45
I took 2 week-long cruises on a 140-passenger sailing vessel maxsolomon Friday #58
Why can't he be sued?? Damn it!!! a kennedy Thursday #7
Sovereign immunity. dalton99a Thursday #9
That was dumb 😑 I will never go on a cruise TommieMommy Thursday #8
Sounds like murder to me spanone Thursday #10
And EVERYONE who acquiesed is an accessory before or after the fact dickthegrouch Thursday #47
Jeezus. Was this anywhere other than CBS yorkster Thursday #11
Late winter -- early spring 2025 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday #14
Thanks. Just thought it would it have been yorkster Thursday #17
Seems like dereliction of duty. Kid Berwyn Thursday #12
Except for pure sociopathic amorality, PCIntern Thursday #13
The firings were in April 2025, so not exactly "just ahead". Still bad, though. TheRickles Thursday #15
The insanity never ends Grim Chieftain Thursday #18
Maybe it's junta-virus (nt) Pinback Thursday #32
I see what you did there. dickthegrouch Thursday #48
And the US cruise ship industry will sink sakabatou Thursday #19
Way to smoke, Bobby! no_hypocrisy Thursday #20
The entire KKKabinet... BurnDoubt Thursday #22
'Murica has no clue not fooled Thursday #23
Did this cruise visit a US port? maxsolomon Thursday #24
They think the virus was picked up in Argentina. LisaM Thursday #27
It was stuck in Cape Verde, now heading to Canary Islands. LeftInTX Friday #56
No, it did not Jose Garcia Friday #59
Trump did the same before COVID hit. rickford66 Thursday #25
It's the callous cruelty UpInArms Thursday #26
It seems to me we have a 5 alarm scandal every day. Passages Thursday #28
Rethuglicans want us dead. Especially us old, useless eaters. OMGWTF Thursday #30
It's gotten to the point that the only trips I will take now are by car only kimbutgar Thursday #33
The harm IS intentional !!!!!! JR. is an abuser who delights in harming anyone he can Ford_Prefect Thursday #34
RFKjr likes to torture animals Norbert Thursday #35
Of course he did. LoisB Thursday #38
Somebody needs to check his basement. Buddyzbuddy Thursday #39
Check out what happened with his first wife mucifer Thursday #43
Vulnerable To Intentional Biological Attack 2na fisherman Thursday #40
Well, Trumpy DID tell us RFK would be 'going wild' in the HHS. Yep. Goin' wild. n/t PatrickforB Thursday #42
Here's the odd thing: most people who take cruises are white and upper-middle-class FakeNoose Thursday #44
That stupid fucker Blue Owl Thursday #49
He needs to be committed. Joinfortmill Friday #50
It isn't MAHA at all Jilly_in_VA Friday #51
and the media kisses their golden squirrel's ass + ignore his shit EVERYWHERE. pansypoo53219 Friday #52
He fired all the health officials. So who Emile Friday #53
One of their objectives is The Wizard Friday #54
On this day 59 years ago I was on a 22 day cruise The Wizard Friday #55
I keep a list mgardener Friday #57
I hope you will share that with us, eventually FakeNoose Friday #60

AZJonnie

(3,974 posts)
29. AGREED!
Thu May 7, 2026, 12:36 PM
Thursday

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

(4,632 posts)
31. I'll bet...
Thu May 7, 2026, 12:41 PM
Thursday

... 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

(2,559 posts)
36. Civilized nations around the world
Thu May 7, 2026, 01:22 PM
Thursday

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............

Initech

(109,162 posts)
2. We have some absolute fucking monsters running this country.
Thu May 7, 2026, 11:15 AM
Thursday

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

haele

(15,563 posts)
46. Of course they're all monsters. They're Eugenicists.
Thu May 7, 2026, 02:17 PM
Thursday

You know, "Survival of the Fittest". Good Genes.
Strong White Males smart enough to be rich, whether through winning the parents lottery, grifting, outright theft or murder, the hard work of networking, or finally - pure luck.

Because Good Luck obviously comes from having Good Genes while being White enough and Male enough.
And it's important to realize that if humans want to keep a healthy gene pool, there's a moral mandate to just let Nature take its course killing off all the degenerates with poor Genes through poverty, starvation, disease, and brutal assaults against them. Oh, and bad luck.

That's the current Eugenicist philosophy. Which has been eagerly adopted by the various Nationalist cults. I've heard that reasoning from supposedly same, moral people, presented as supposedly realistic "tough love" .

It's a wrapped variation on Lifeboat Ethics Theory. However, they're willing to avoid the occasional island and especially sink all other boats in their vicinity, even if it's a rescue boat with additional resources just to ensure they keep ownership of their own little lifeboat.
There is no cooperation, no curiosity, no diversity. It's imposed hierarchy or die.

tanyev

(49,599 posts)
4. Of course he did.
Thu May 7, 2026, 11:16 AM
Thursday
We just have to build up our resistance to rodent viruses by swimming in a pool filled with rodents every day!


popsdenver

(2,559 posts)
37. Not only cruise lines,
Thu May 7, 2026, 01:25 PM
Thursday

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

maxsolomon

(39,099 posts)
58. I took 2 week-long cruises on a 140-passenger sailing vessel
Fri May 8, 2026, 12:38 PM
Friday

One off the west coast of Costa Rica and the other through the Aegean. Both were fantastic.

There are cruises and there are cruises. The giant 2000-passenger floating cities? No thanks.

dickthegrouch

(4,625 posts)
47. And EVERYONE who acquiesed is an accessory before or after the fact
Thu May 7, 2026, 02:23 PM
Thursday

They ALL need to be jailed.

yorkster

(3,938 posts)
11. Jeezus. Was this anywhere other than CBS
Thu May 7, 2026, 11:28 AM
Thursday

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

yorkster

(3,938 posts)
17. Thanks. Just thought it would it have been
Thu May 7, 2026, 11:52 AM
Thursday

"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

(24,962 posts)
12. Seems like dereliction of duty.
Thu May 7, 2026, 11:28 AM
Thursday

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

PCIntern

(28,552 posts)
13. Except for pure sociopathic amorality,
Thu May 7, 2026, 11:32 AM
Thursday

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.

Grim Chieftain

(1,976 posts)
18. The insanity never ends
Thu May 7, 2026, 12:00 PM
Thursday

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.

dickthegrouch

(4,625 posts)
48. I see what you did there.
Thu May 7, 2026, 02:25 PM
Thursday

Juntas are proliferating as an epidemic.
Sadly it takes far fewer juntas to kill the entire planet than other types of infection.

not fooled

(6,747 posts)
23. 'Murica has no clue
Thu May 7, 2026, 12:21 PM
Thursday

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

(39,099 posts)
24. Did this cruise visit a US port?
Thu May 7, 2026, 12:22 PM
Thursday

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

(29,680 posts)
27. They think the virus was picked up in Argentina.
Thu May 7, 2026, 12:33 PM
Thursday

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.

LeftInTX

(34,808 posts)
56. It was stuck in Cape Verde, now heading to Canary Islands.
Fri May 8, 2026, 11:54 AM
Friday

Maybe it's already there.

It was a one way cruise from Argentina, to Antarctic region. I have no idea where it's final destination is.

UpInArms

(55,281 posts)
26. It's the callous cruelty
Thu May 7, 2026, 12:29 PM
Thursday
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.

kimbutgar

(27,506 posts)
33. It's gotten to the point that the only trips I will take now are by car only
Thu May 7, 2026, 01:05 PM
Thursday

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.

2na fisherman

(354 posts)
40. Vulnerable To Intentional Biological Attack
Thu May 7, 2026, 01:35 PM
Thursday

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.

FakeNoose

(42,241 posts)
44. Here's the odd thing: most people who take cruises are white and upper-middle-class
Thu May 7, 2026, 01:59 PM
Thursday

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?

Blue Owl

(59,542 posts)
49. That stupid fucker
Thu May 7, 2026, 06:55 PM
Thursday

All of Dump's appointed cabinet members are destroying the USA from within. Every goddamned one.

pansypoo53219

(23,158 posts)
52. and the media kisses their golden squirrel's ass + ignore his shit EVERYWHERE.
Fri May 8, 2026, 09:19 AM
Friday

its fucking reagan again.

Emile

(43,122 posts)
53. He fired all the health officials. So who
Fri May 8, 2026, 09:25 AM
Friday

is monitoring the cruise ship passengers who came back to the US?

The Wizard

(13,835 posts)
54. One of their objectives is
Fri May 8, 2026, 11:24 AM
Friday

to cull the herd of Social Security recipients. Lots of seniors go on cruises.

The Wizard

(13,835 posts)
55. On this day 59 years ago I was on a 22 day cruise
Fri May 8, 2026, 11:30 AM
Friday

across the Pacific on a troop ship to Vietnam. 5000 GIs living in close quarters, bunks stacked 4 deep. The only sickness we experienced was from a storm our second day at sea. Lots of vomit from sea sickness.

mgardener

(2,393 posts)
57. I keep a list
Fri May 8, 2026, 12:07 PM
Friday

Of things done by administration officials actions that will ' not age well.'
This just got added.
Kennedy has done some stupid things

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