By Marie Rosenthal, MS
Chaos appears to be the order of the day among federal workers, public health officials and infectious disease researchers after the Department of Health and Human Services’ announcement on March 27 about the reduction of 10,000 employees, according to Tina Tan, MD, FIDSA, FPIDS, FAAP, the president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). 
“We cannot do the complex and serious work of protecting Americans from infectious diseases amid this