US EditionFired CDC chief will testify Kennedy pressed her to endorse vaccine recommendations without evidence
- Dr. Susan Monarez, former CDC director, is set to testify Wednesday about Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s demands during her brief 29-day tenure amid vaccine policy clashes.
- Kennedy mandated that political staff review and approve every decision related to CDC policies and staffing, instructing Monarez to endorse vaccine recommendations in advance and to dismiss career officials without justification.
- Monarez refused to rubber stamp recommendations without scientific review or to dismiss experts without evidence, leading to her firing, which Senator Collins found unsettling and defended her integrity.
- Kennedy removed all 17 members of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices in June, replacing them with a new group, some of whom made unproven claims like Covid shots causing unprecedented youth harm.
- The risks include diminished vaccine protections potentially causing outbreaks like the largest measles epidemic in 30 years that claimed two children's lives, and Medicaid cuts threatening rural healthcare as noted by Collins.
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