Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines and pledged to replace them with his own picks.

The 17-member Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices had been in a state of flux since Kennedy took over. Its first meeting this year had been delayed when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services abruptly postponed its February meeting.

  • floofloof@lemmy.ca
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    8 days ago

    He just wants the safety of vaccines to be properly researched!* Honest!

    *And not by scientists.

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      8 days ago

      Let’s give the reins to the guy with no medical degree who did unethical experiments on autistic kids! Doctors shouldn’t be experts! That’s elitism!