{"id":16551,"date":"2025-02-27T19:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T19:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=16551"},"modified":"2025-02-27T19:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T19:51:08","slug":"trump-administration-struggles-to-rehire-fired-bird-flu-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=16551","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration struggles to rehire fired bird flu employees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The Trump administration touted a nearly $1 billion plan Wednesday to combat the spread of avian flu and mitigate skyrocketing egg prices as the outbreak rips through poultry flocks across the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the measures come as the Agriculture Department is struggling to rehire key employees working on the virus outbreak who were fired as part of the administration\u2019s sweeping purge of government workers.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/02\/16\/trump-administration-firings-bird-flu-response-00204542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roughly a quarter of employees in a critical office<\/a>&nbsp;testing for the disease were cut, as well as scientists and inspectors.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;A few reinstated workers were once again sent emails urging them to take the Trump administration\u2019s \u201cdeferred resignation\u201d plan, according to two people familiar with the situation.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;\u201cIf \u2026 they have projects that are ongoing, all of that work has now essentially been thrown out, discarded and dead in the water,\u201d said Dr. Mary Beth Hall, a retired Dairy Forage researcher. \u201cYou\u2019ve got God knows how many millions of dollars of research that\u2019s just been thrown away.\u201d&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/02\/27\/trump-fired-bird-flu-hires-00206334\">https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/02\/27\/trump-fired-bird-flu-hires-00206334<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Trump administration touted a nearly $1 billion plan Wednesday to combat the spread of avian flu and mitigate skyrocketing egg prices as the outbreak rips through poultry flocks across the United States.<br \/>\nBut the measures come as the Agriculture Department is struggling to rehire key employees working on the virus outbreak who were fired as part of the administration\u2019s sweeping purge of government workers. 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