[costigan]

This equivalence between a company that provides one app that, if it were to disappear, would hurt no one, and a government that has thousands of functions, many of which are life-and-death in both the short and long run, is just ridiculous.

[ars]

Very few government functions are life or death.

[costigan]

Let's take one example. The Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) is a two-year post-residency program that trains health professionals in applied epidemiology. These officers are crucial for on-the-ground investigations of disease outbreaks. It's a 2-year program, with 50-60 doctors in each year. All of the first-year doctors in this year's program were fired by DOGE, so far, for a capacity reduction of 50%. Both years are in the 'probationary' civil servant category, so the jobs of the rest of them are still at risk.

I asked ChatGPT 4o for other examples, and it generated a list of 40. You can do that for yourself, if you're interested.

[johnnyanmac]

Regardless, the life-and-death ones are being slashed too. They aren't discriminating in these plans.

[juniperus]

when it comes to scientific research, sometimes a research breakthrough is life or death to people.

[robwwilliams]

Except when they are.

[eli_gottlieb]

Plane crashes are life-and-death. Mostly death.

[rasz]

FAA, CDC, NNSA, it goes on and on