Anthony Fauci’s wife has stepped down from her job after being told she’d have to swap Washington DC for remote locations like Alaska.  

Christine Grady, who until this week served as the head of the National Institutes of Health Clinical Centers’ bioethics department, was part of mass layoffs at the HHS this week. 

She was reportedly notified that she would be reassigned to regional offices of the Indian Health Service, which provides healthcare to American Indians and Alaska Natives, per the Washington Times. 

Grady was reportedly given until Wednesday to make her decision and ultimately stood down.

Some conservative social media users claimed it was a satisfying example of karma, after Grady called for nurses who did not receive COVID vaccines to be fired.

‘During the pandemic, Fauci’s bioethicist wife, Christine Grady, offered nurses a choice: Get vaccinated, or lose your job,’ one X user said. 

‘Yesterday, she was offered a choice: Transfer to an office in Alaska, or lose your job. What’s fair is fair. Everyone deserves a choice.’ 

Grady was followed out the door at the HHS this week by officials including Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and top researchers tied to Grady’s husband Dr Anthony Fauci. 

The layoffs impacted a total of 10,000 people this week, with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. saying he plans to cut the workforce by 20,000, although incrementally with half of those coming from early retirements and voluntary buyouts.

Christine Grady, the wife of Anthony Fauci who until this week served as the head of the National Institutes of Health Clinical Centers’ bioethics department, has been told she has a choice between relocating to Alaska or leaving her long career in medicine behind 

Grady was reportedly given until Wednesday to make her decision, with some on social media seen celebrating her predicament as ironic, particularly due to her past support for vaccine mandates in employment

Grady found herself in the firing line this week as Kennedy carried out his huge purge on the nation’s health department. 

At least three of Fauci’s longtime colleagues at the National Institutes of Health were also axed, according to Politico, as insiders said it appeared animosity toward Fauci and the Biden administration motivated the move. 

Fauci had previously ran the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases during the Biden administration, and instated numerous unpopular policies including vaccine mandates and closing schools as he led the nation’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

As news of Grady’s firing emerged this week, a clip of her resurfaced where she declared her support for laying off nurses if they refuse the vaccine. 

‘In the end, if people decide not to get vaccinated, that is their choice, even if they are a nurse – they may not be able to work in the facility that they’ve been working in, but they’ve made a choice,’ she said in the clip. 

The layoffs this week effectively gutted the NIH’s infectious disease office, and as Dr. Eric Topol, a public health expert and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute put it, ‘It’s like a Fauci fixation.’ 

‘So many of these people are just dedicated, they really want to do good and now they’re losing their jobs senselessly,’ he said. 

Grady was not alone in being told to accept reassignment to far off posts or leave the government entirely, with Marrazzo also reportedly given the same offer. 

Insiders told Politico that Kennedy personally signed off on firing Grady, with others including Clifford Lane, NIAID deputy director, and infectious diseases director Emily Erbelding also losing their jobs. 

As news of Grady’s firing emerged this week, a clip of her resurfaced where she declared her support for laying off nurses if they refuse the vaccine

Grady was a longtime leader at the NIH, while Fauci had previously ran the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases during the Biden administration 

Grady was targeted in mass layoffs this week carried out by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who reportedly signed off on her firing personally 

Kennedy announced the layoffs this week in an X post, describing them as a ‘difficult moment’ that had to happen in his efforts to remake the nation’s health department. 

‘The reality is clear: what we’ve been doing isn’t working,’ he wrote. 

‘Despite spending $1.9 trillion in annual costs, Americans are getting sicker every year. In the past four years alone, the agency’s budget has grown by 38% — yet outcomes continue to decline. 

‘We must shift course. HHS needs to be recalibrated to emphasize prevention, not just sick care. These changes will not affect Medicare, Medicaid, or other essential health services. 

‘This overhaul is about realigning HHS with its core mission: to stop the chronic disease epidemic and Make America Healthy Again. It’s a win-win for taxpayers, and for every American we serve.’ 

In a move inspired by President Trump and Musk’s war on government waste, the size of HHS is being cut by nearly a quarter, bringing it from 82,000 down to a total of 62,000.

Most of the gutting will be at the Food and Drug Administration with 3,500 being fired.

The FDA is responsible for inspecting, setting and regulating safety standards for food, medications and medical devices in the U.S.

And the second largest number of cuts are being made at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), where 2,400 are facing the ax. 

Firings ensued at the Department of Health and Human Services Tuesday morning with staffers hugging and shedding tears after receiving notice of dismissal 

Meanwhile, another 1,200 jobs are being slashed at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and 300 from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, according to a breakdown of the cuts published on Thursday. 

HHS has vowed that no one receiving Medicare or Medicaid benefits will be impacted by the job cuts. 

In a six-minute video posted to X last week, Kennedy says he will reduce the number of HHS divisions to 15 from the current 28 and reduce the number of regional offices from 10 to five.

‘We’re going to do more with less,’ he vowed. ‘No American is going to be left behind.’

‘We’re going to consolidate all of these departments and make them accountable to you, the American taxpayer and the American patient.’

An HHS press release on the job cuts claims the measure will save the department $1.8 billion annually.