- by foxnews
- 01 Sep 2025
CDC official who blasted Trump's 'weak science' led politicized Biden-era monkeypox response
Demetre Daskalakis resigned from the CDC, accusing the Trump administration of ignoring science. But his Biden-era monkeypox response prioritized avoiding stigma over traditional measures.
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Demetre Daskalakis, an official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), resigned this week, claiming the Trump administration's policies ignore science. However, his own leadership during the Biden-era monkeypox response was criticized for putting optics over public health.
But flashback to 2022 and 2023, after the monkeypox virus had spread across several countries and made its way into the U.S., during which Daskalakis was among the Biden administration's top advisers who spearheaded the national response to the disease outbreak.
"You know, one person's idea of risk, is another person's idea of a great festival or Friday night, for that matter. So, we have to sort of embrace that with joy and make sure that folks know how to keep themselves safe," the Biden monkeypox coordinator added.
Fox News Digital reached out to Daskalakis about the juxtaposition between his criticism of Kennedy's policies not reflecting "scientific reality," and his role in the Biden administration's approach to monkeypox, but did not receive an immediate response.
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