Biden’s Former Monkeypox Czar Blames RFK Jr. For Decision to Quit CDC Post
Instead of acknowledging that years of unscientific pandemic policies undermined public trust, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis directed personal criticism at the only person willing to speak up on behalf of Americans.
It has been a while since I did a monkeypox update, so I thought it was time to review what’s new with this virus.
However, the biggest news doesn’t involve the pathogen, but rather one of Biden’s former monkeypox czars appointed during the global outbreak of 2022. Dr. Demetre Daskalakis had responsibilities that included overseeing the distribution and availability of tests, vaccines, and treatments, with a major focus on equity for affected communities, especially those at higher risk, such as the “LGBTQIA+” community.
At the time, nobody in the elite media fully noted what Daskalakis’ true expertise on the subject of sexually transmitted diseases included.
This is Demetre C. Daskalakis, who resigned, last Wednesday, from his position as Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC. Good riddance. pic.twitter.com/sMnQMMDZ6E
— Larry Sanger (@lsanger) August 29, 2025
Earlier this week, I reported that the newly appointed Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had been fired and several of the agency’s administrators had also tendered their resignations in protest.
Well, Daskalakis also quit and posted his drama on X. In his rant, he targeted Health and Human Resources Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for a special dose of his rage.
This decision has not come easily, as I deeply value the work that the CDC does in safeguarding public health and am proud of my contributions to that critical mission. However, after much contemplation and reflection on recent developments and perspectives brought to light by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., I find that the views he and his staff have shared challenge my ability to continue in my current role at the agency and in the service of the health of the American people. Enough is enough.
My resignation letter from CDC.
Dear Dr. Houry,
I am writing to formally resign from my position as Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), effective August 28, 2025, close of business.…
— DrDemetre (@dr_demetre) August 27, 2025
The resignation note on social media referred to “pregnant people” and included “he/his/him” pronouns as an added bonus.
The news was gleefully received by normal Americans who prefer real science used in public health policy making, without a side of BDSM.
“This resignation is a huge win for the Trump administration and the American people. We don’t need anyone who can’t understand basic biology working at the CDC,” noted Jeremy Redfern, communications director for Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier.
Karol Markowicz tweeted, “No one who uses ‘pregnant people’ should work at the CDC. This isn’t hard.”
Responding to Markowicz’s post, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wrote, “Example of how ‘trusting the science’ really means following the political science and perpetuating the prevailing narrative…” He added, “Embracing evidence-based medicine should be the bare minimum for working at the CDC…”
Meanwhile, the monkeypox virus continues to spread unabated. There is a surge of cases in some African countries.
Ghana has seen an “exponential” increase in mpox cases over the past week, while there have been smaller increases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Guinea, Burundi, and Kenya, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).
Ghana now has 313 confirmed cases, an 87% increase over the previous week when it had 167 cases, said Professor Yap Boum, the institution’s deputy lead on mpox at a media briefing on Thursday. Ghana and Guinea have both applied for vaccines to Africa CDC.
The DRC, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Burundi, Guinea, Liberia account for 86% of cases on the continent. While there was a small 7% uptick in cases over the past week, overall cases are down 76% since the peak of the epidemic.
It is also being reported that the Western Pacific saw a 160% rise in cases over the last few months, mainly due to new monkeypox cases in the Philippines and an increase in China, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). China, Germany, Türkiye, and the UK also reported highly virulent new clade Ib mpox cases linked to travel.
So, how effective has the monkeypox response been? We are probably lucky the virus is not deadlier and there are not more cases in our own country.
If that CDC leader who just resigned seemed familiar, it's because he was Joe Biden's "Monkeypox Czar" and spent his time telling gay people to continue to have wild sex orgies instead of trying to prevent the spread of Monkeypox. https://t.co/wOJGfbw4FR
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) August 28, 2025
In conclusion, instead of acknowledging that years of confusing and unscientific pandemic policies undermined public trust, Daskalakis directed personal criticism at the only person willing to speak up on behalf of Americans, RFK Jr., labeling him as the problem and ignoring the concerns of millions who watched the CDC lose credibility.
Daskalakis’ letter completely exposes the narrow mindset within the federal public health establishment that RFK Jr. was brought in to reform. Daskalakis talked about CDC “progress,” but I see little of that from an agency that promoted ineffective masks, pushed social distancing, supported school closures and lockdowns, insisted the COVID vaccines “stopped the spread”, dismissed natural immunity during the COVID pandemic, and pushed for the silencing of scientists who disagreed with any of it.
As HHS Secretary, RFK Jr isn’t causing problems for the agency; he’s insisting on accountability and urging that real science that is reproducible be utilized to create public health policy. The real harm, in fact, came from the very experts Daskalakis says should be trusted without question.
The only problems the agency stems from their employees’ self-indulgent narcissism and their failure to embrace the gold standard of science.
Shorter Dr. Demetre: https://t.co/8YjVqbNgT2 pic.twitter.com/UeLSCcdfSb
— Leslie Eastman ☥ (@Mutnodjmet) August 29, 2025
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I hope as he leaves DC, they put a few extra eyeballs on the luggage carousels.
This freak should never have been allowed to resign, he should have been fired months ago. Just another in a long line of agendized fruitcakes Biden collected like baseball cards to inflict on America.
An absolutely repugnant human being … no redeeming social value whatsoever
I tried to read this drama queen’s farewell to the troops, but gave up after the second paragraph. ‘Long-winded” doesn’t begin to describe it. The real wonder is that he hung around for seven months–he should have been canned on January 21st.
I see no reason to save those from consequences who indulge in risky behavior.
Leftists don’t believe in consequences.
Monkey-Ass should have been FIRED on Day 1.
The world was a much better place when freaks like this were forced to live under a rock, not venerated.
Don’t stop, Be leaving.
“It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting in this place, which you have dishonoured by your contempt of all virtue, and defiled by your practice of every vice. Ye are a factious crew, and enemies to all good government […]
Is there a single virtue now remaining amongst you? Is there one vice you do not process? […]
So! Take away that shining bauble there, and lock up the doors. In the name of God, go!”
Oliver Cromwell
One fewer freak in DC.
meaning he has done some very very veryyy bad things while on tax payers dime and is getting out to stop any investigations that might ensnare him and his fellow monkey poxers
I don’t know too much about the one that was fired, other than to think it was a really bad choice (allegedly RINO piece of crap Cassidy demanded her appointment as a condition of voting for others).
I don’ t know too much about her, but the fact that this freak was upset about her firing tells me the firing was 100% correct.
New job, full time gay orgy organizer.
Remember that the people who were outraged that Pete Hegseth has a Christian tattoo, have no problem with Demetre Daskalakis’ tattoos of Satanism.
Deviate junk scientist.