What Insiders Are Saying: The Risk of Bioterrorism Has Never Been Greater Than Now With RFK Jr. At The Wheel.
The Dirty Bomb Might Be Named Babette Arriving At Gate 12
America is sleepwalking toward a biological catastrophe, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the Sandman. In just five months as Health and Human Services Secretary, this “environmental lawyer” (see sidebar) with zero training in public health, emergency management, or biodefense has systematically destroyed two decades of carefully built bioterrorism preparedness infrastructure. His reckless dismantling of federal health agencies hasn't just been incompetent—it's been nothing short of stupid and reckless, leaving 330 million Americans dangerously exposed to biological threats he clearly doesn't understand.
The numbers alone should terrify anyone who grasps what's at stake. Kennedy has eliminated nearly 25% of HHS's workforce—some 20,000 positions—across every major health agency (NBC News, 2025). These aren't just bureaucratic paper-pushers getting pink slips. These are the scientists, epidemiologists, and emergency responders who stand between America and the next anthrax attack, engineered…
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