Elon Musk‘s Department of Government Efficiency has canceled more than $180million in contracts from the Department of Health and Human Services – including nearly $170,000 allocated for a museum exhibit on Dr Anthony Fauci.
DOGE announced on social media Friday that it canceled 62 contracts at HHS over the course of 48 hours.
‘These contacts were entirely for administrative expenses – none touched any healthcare programs,’ DOGE wrote.
‘This included terminating a $168,000 contract for an Anthony Fauci exhibit at the NIH museum.’
It also included a screenshot of the funds allocated for the Fauci exhibit, showing the money was meant to be spent between July 2024 and July 2025.
Details about the planned exhibit were scarce, but it would likely focus on Fauci’s long career in the federal government, which began in the National Institutes of Health in 1968 and ended with him advising Presidents Trump and Biden during the COVID pandemic.
But Fauci’s legacy was marred by the unpopular COVID restrictions he helped implement, including social distancing, mask wearing and harsh vaccine mandates that led to members of the armed forces being forcibly discharged.
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