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

[tuolumnejim]

And even if this happened what the hell does this have to do with a cruise ship with a Netherlands registry in Europe? 

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221224721

Op is just a C&P, on to the comments.

Ocelot II (131,099 posts)
1. It's not just negligence now. It seems like they are actively trying to make everything worse.
Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)
Thu May 7, 2026, 11:15 AM

[SVPete]

As usual, some DUmmies are lying, and some are ignorantly parroting lies:

CDC continuing cruise ship inspections despite staffing cuts

https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2025/04/16/cdc-vessel-inspections/6121744837214/

April 16 (UPI) -- The federal government's Vessel Sanitation Program continues its health inspections of cruise ships despite recent staff reductions at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"This work has not stopped as the VSP is primarily staffed by [U.S. Public Health Service officers]," a CDC spokesperson told Food Safety News.

Those commissioned officers were not among those who were released from the CDC amid the Trump administration's reduction of the federal workforce.

The inspections are being carried out by half the number of inspectors, though, Food Safety News reported on Wednesday.