CDC, Rfk Jr. and vaccine
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A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official who led the agency's network to study hospitalization trends from infectious diseases like COVID-19 has resigned in protest following Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s orders to change the agency's vaccine recommendations and the committee that makes them.
The new members include well-known vaccine skeptics and others who have been critical of Covid vaccines or pandemic interventions like lockdowns.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abruptly removed 17 vaccine experts from the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Monday — and Washington is already reeling.