#RFK Jr. fires all 17 members of #CDC #vaccine advisory panel 😔

>>> 'Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired all 17 members of a committee that advises the federal government on vaccine #safety and 👉👉 will replace them with new members 👈👈, a move that the #Trump administration's critics warned would create #public distrust around the government's role in promoting public #health. >>
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/09/rfk-jr-cdc-vaccine-advisory-panel-fired/84121858007/

>> '“Today we are prioritizing the restoration of public trust above any specific pro- or anti-vaccine agenda,” Kennedy Jr., who has a history of controversial views on vaccines, said on June 9 in announcing the overhaul. “The public must know that unbiased science—evaluated through a transparent process and insulated from conflicts of interest—guides the recommendations of our health agencies.”'

>> Kennedy Jr.'s decision marks a reversal from what a key Republican senator said the Trump Cabinet member had promised during his confirmation hearings earlier this year. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, the chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, said Kennedy had promised to maintain the advisory committee's current composition.'

>> "If confirmed, he will maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices without changes," Cassidy said.

>> The Biden administration appointed all 17 sitting committee members, with 13 of them taking their seats in 2024. According to Trump's HHS, those appointments would have prevented the current administration from choosing a majority of the committee until 2028."

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>> "A clean sweep is necessary to reestablish public confidence in vaccine science,” said Kennedy, adding that the new members "will prioritize public health and evidence-based medicine" and "no longer function as a rubber stamp for industry profit-taking agendas."

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