Got a new story about a little-known HHS agency with a massive job: the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR).
ASPR gave us Operation Warp Speed.
Now it's being run by a conspiracy theorist who calls those vaccines “genocide.” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/meet-a...
ASPR gave us Operation Warp Speed.
Now it's being run by a conspiracy theorist who calls those vaccines “genocide.” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/meet-a...
October 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Got a new story about a little-known HHS agency with a massive job: the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR).
ASPR gave us Operation Warp Speed.
Now it's being run by a conspiracy theorist who calls those vaccines “genocide.” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/meet-a...
ASPR gave us Operation Warp Speed.
Now it's being run by a conspiracy theorist who calls those vaccines “genocide.” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/meet-a...
ASPR COVID-19 Testing
NAVIGATION
covidtests.gov
February 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
RFK Jr. put Knox in charge of ASPR, an agency he doesn’t think much of. In his widely panned, paranoid, (best-selling) book, The Real Anthony Fauci, Kennedy suggested ASPR was a Big Pharma tool that planned the pandemic. Here’s how he describes the ASPR in Trump’s first admin:
October 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
RFK Jr. put Knox in charge of ASPR, an agency he doesn’t think much of. In his widely panned, paranoid, (best-selling) book, The Real Anthony Fauci, Kennedy suggested ASPR was a Big Pharma tool that planned the pandemic. Here’s how he describes the ASPR in Trump’s first admin:
Never heard of ASPR?
It’s the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response. For health emergencies. Like natural disasters or infectious disease outbreaks. You may not know or think much about ASPR on the regs, but you’ll notice when it’s not there for the next health emergency.
It’s the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response. For health emergencies. Like natural disasters or infectious disease outbreaks. You may not know or think much about ASPR on the regs, but you’ll notice when it’s not there for the next health emergency.
Hearing from multiple folks - mass layoffs at ASPR happening now. Emails going out *on a Saturday evening* to inform staff they’re being exited, nearly all probationary staff gone.
February 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Never heard of ASPR?
It’s the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response. For health emergencies. Like natural disasters or infectious disease outbreaks. You may not know or think much about ASPR on the regs, but you’ll notice when it’s not there for the next health emergency.
It’s the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response. For health emergencies. Like natural disasters or infectious disease outbreaks. You may not know or think much about ASPR on the regs, but you’ll notice when it’s not there for the next health emergency.
Just remember that Dick Cheney has an ASPR
Grad student: "I want to have the most APSR's of all time!"
Ahem; Frederic Austin Ogg and his 169 APSRs would like a word.
Ahem; Frederic Austin Ogg and his 169 APSRs would like a word.
May 10, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Just remember that Dick Cheney has an ASPR
Eliminating ASPR, well that spells disaster come next hurricane season
April 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Eliminating ASPR, well that spells disaster come next hurricane season
The wannabe CDC Director lied about the cause of autism. The wannabe ASPR lied about leading Ebola responses, said HBV birth dose is for pedophiles & he’d rather perish than vaccinate his kids.
Neither should be confirmed w/@saveamericamvmt.bsky.social
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/do-not-hir...
Neither should be confirmed w/@saveamericamvmt.bsky.social
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/do-not-hir...
DO NOT HIRE: The New ASPR and CDC Director Failed Their Job Interview
Here's how you can stop them from being confirmed anyway
rasmussenretorts.substack.com
July 19, 2026 at 2:30 AM
The wannabe CDC Director lied about the cause of autism. The wannabe ASPR lied about leading Ebola responses, said HBV birth dose is for pedophiles & he’d rather perish than vaccinate his kids.
Neither should be confirmed w/@saveamericamvmt.bsky.social
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/do-not-hir...
Neither should be confirmed w/@saveamericamvmt.bsky.social
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/do-not-hir...
New: Per FEMA evening briefing, additional 204 ppl have been deployed to TX—19 from FEMA + 185 from other agencies including National Search & Rescue Teams, HHS, ASPR, Texas A&M forest service, and law enforcement support. Few (if any) ppl on the ground to help survivors register for assistance.
"Despite Trump officially activating FEMA on Sunday, FEMA has just 86 total staff deployed at this point [to Texas], according to figures shared with staff Monday evening...In the past it would normally be in the several hundreds at this point in the disaster recovery process."
My latest:
My latest:
FEMA response to deadly Texas floods delayed & deficient with Noem in charge
Staffers sound the alarm.
www.thehandbasket.co
July 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
New: Per FEMA evening briefing, additional 204 ppl have been deployed to TX—19 from FEMA + 185 from other agencies including National Search & Rescue Teams, HHS, ASPR, Texas A&M forest service, and law enforcement support. Few (if any) ppl on the ground to help survivors register for assistance.
At a time when HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is demonizing vaccines and measles cases are surging, Trump wants to cut $356 MILLION from the agency responsible for preventing and responding to health emergencies. How exactly does this Make America Healthy Again?
April 27, 2026 at 8:30 PM
At a time when HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is demonizing vaccines and measles cases are surging, Trump wants to cut $356 MILLION from the agency responsible for preventing and responding to health emergencies. How exactly does this Make America Healthy Again?
We walked in hopeful. We walked out deflated.
Today's hearing for Kaufman (ASPR nominee) and Schwartz (CDC Director nominee) opened with cautious optimism, then dissolved into a circus of stalling.
Today's hearing for Kaufman (ASPR nominee) and Schwartz (CDC Director nominee) opened with cautious optimism, then dissolved into a circus of stalling.
July 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM
We walked in hopeful. We walked out deflated.
Today's hearing for Kaufman (ASPR nominee) and Schwartz (CDC Director nominee) opened with cautious optimism, then dissolved into a circus of stalling.
Today's hearing for Kaufman (ASPR nominee) and Schwartz (CDC Director nominee) opened with cautious optimism, then dissolved into a circus of stalling.
Hearing about the gutting of CDC and ASPR. This is truly the utter destruction of US public health…and just so utterly short-sighted.
Honestly, screw this.
Honestly, screw this.
October 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Hearing about the gutting of CDC and ASPR. This is truly the utter destruction of US public health…and just so utterly short-sighted.
Honestly, screw this.
Honestly, screw this.
RFK Jr. has submitted a proposal to rename ASPR the Administration for Sad Poster Assholes
Yes, but what this graph does not show you is the US government has rapidly expanded its cohort of poster employees
How many STEM Ph.D.s were lost from the U.S. federal government last year?
My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive.
www.science.org/content/arti...
My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive.
www.science.org/content/arti...
January 28, 2026 at 2:36 AM
RFK Jr. has submitted a proposal to rename ASPR the Administration for Sad Poster Assholes
For more on ASPR:
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bsky.app/profile/angi...
Do you like bioterrorism or pandemic flu? I don't. But the Trump administration sure seems to!
Illegal cuts to American readiness capacity at ASPR and CDC threaten national security, make us desperately vulnerable, and enable terrorists.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/lets-give-...
Illegal cuts to American readiness capacity at ASPR and CDC threaten national security, make us desperately vulnerable, and enable terrorists.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/lets-give-...
Let's Give a Warm MAHA Welcome to the Bioterrorism Community
Who needs strategic preparedness and response anyway?
rasmussenretorts.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
For more on ASPR:
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Not an April Fool's joke: my friends and former colleagues at HHS are learning about RIFs in their agencies this morning.
More to follow, but not good for people depending on the services providing by ACF, ACL, AHRQ, ASPR, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, IHS, NIH, the Office of the Secretary, and SAHMSA.
More to follow, but not good for people depending on the services providing by ACF, ACL, AHRQ, ASPR, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, IHS, NIH, the Office of the Secretary, and SAHMSA.
April 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Not an April Fool's joke: my friends and former colleagues at HHS are learning about RIFs in their agencies this morning.
More to follow, but not good for people depending on the services providing by ACF, ACL, AHRQ, ASPR, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, IHS, NIH, the Office of the Secretary, and SAHMSA.
More to follow, but not good for people depending on the services providing by ACF, ACL, AHRQ, ASPR, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, IHS, NIH, the Office of the Secretary, and SAHMSA.
What happens when the Administration for Strategic Preparedness & Response is not strategic, prepared, or capable of responding because it's run by an unqualified anti-vax scammer?
Thanks to @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social's always excellent reporting, we have a clear view of the ongoing ASPR disaster.
Thanks to @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social's always excellent reporting, we have a clear view of the ongoing ASPR disaster.
1/3 John Knox, anti-vaccine activist, is now acting head of ASPR -- the agency that handles pandemic response.
He’s called COVID vaccine campaigns “nothing other than genocide.” 😶
Not exactly reassuring...
He’s called COVID vaccine campaigns “nothing other than genocide.” 😶
Not exactly reassuring...
Meet the anti-vaccine activist who could lead the response to the next pandemic
Former firefighter John Knox's ties to RFK Jr. have landed him atop the agency that helped bring Covid-19 under control. People in the know are worried.
www.msnbc.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
What happens when the Administration for Strategic Preparedness & Response is not strategic, prepared, or capable of responding because it's run by an unqualified anti-vax scammer?
Thanks to @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social's always excellent reporting, we have a clear view of the ongoing ASPR disaster.
Thanks to @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social's always excellent reporting, we have a clear view of the ongoing ASPR disaster.
3) And yes, you can get 4 free tests from US govt, but many people have already gotten it, or can’t get it at certain multi household addresses.
covidtests.gov
covidtests.gov
ASPR COVID-19 Testing
NAVIGATION
covidtests.gov
December 8, 2024 at 1:42 PM
3) And yes, you can get 4 free tests from US govt, but many people have already gotten it, or can’t get it at certain multi household addresses.
covidtests.gov
covidtests.gov
Hearing from multiple folks - mass layoffs at ASPR happening now. Emails going out *on a Saturday evening* to inform staff they’re being exited, nearly all probationary staff gone.
February 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Hearing from multiple folks - mass layoffs at ASPR happening now. Emails going out *on a Saturday evening* to inform staff they’re being exited, nearly all probationary staff gone.
And in yet another reversal, rather than destroy some 160 million test kits, they are now available for free. Order here.
covidtests.gov
covidtests.gov
ASPR COVID-19 Testing
NAVIGATION
covidtests.gov
February 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
And in yet another reversal, rather than destroy some 160 million test kits, they are now available for free. Order here.
covidtests.gov
covidtests.gov
ASPR plays a pivotal role not only in pandemics, but in the kinds of health challenges that occur after tornadoes, hurricanes etc.
We won't miss ASPR in years or decades -- we'll miss it in weeks or months.
We won't miss ASPR in years or decades -- we'll miss it in weeks or months.
February 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
ASPR plays a pivotal role not only in pandemics, but in the kinds of health challenges that occur after tornadoes, hurricanes etc.
We won't miss ASPR in years or decades -- we'll miss it in weeks or months.
We won't miss ASPR in years or decades -- we'll miss it in weeks or months.
aspr
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August 13, 2026 at 5:40 PM
1/3 John Knox, anti-vaccine activist, is now acting head of ASPR -- the agency that handles pandemic response.
He’s called COVID vaccine campaigns “nothing other than genocide.” 😶
Not exactly reassuring...
He’s called COVID vaccine campaigns “nothing other than genocide.” 😶
Not exactly reassuring...
Meet the anti-vaccine activist who could lead the response to the next pandemic
Former firefighter John Knox's ties to RFK Jr. have landed him atop the agency that helped bring Covid-19 under control. People in the know are worried.
www.msnbc.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
1/3 John Knox, anti-vaccine activist, is now acting head of ASPR -- the agency that handles pandemic response.
He’s called COVID vaccine campaigns “nothing other than genocide.” 😶
Not exactly reassuring...
He’s called COVID vaccine campaigns “nothing other than genocide.” 😶
Not exactly reassuring...
Order free tests before they incinerate them. Don’t wait
covidtests.gov
covidtests.gov
ASPR COVID-19 Testing
NAVIGATION
covidtests.gov
February 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Order free tests before they incinerate them. Don’t wait
covidtests.gov
covidtests.gov
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May 9, 2026 at 11:35 PM
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