US EditionKennedy's picks for vaccine advisory panel raise concerns about anti-vaccine bias
- On June 9, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 members of the vaccine advisory panel overseeing CDC vaccine guidelines.
- Kennedy justified the dismissal by alleging widespread conflicts of interest among committee members and criticized the panel's role.
- Kennedy replaced the panel with eight new appointees, many known for opposing COVID-19 measures and vaccine mandates, raising public health concerns.
- Vaccination rates are declining, risking outbreaks of diseases like measles, polio, and whooping cough with predictions that cases may rise rapidly.
- Health experts warn Kennedy's actions risk increasing preventable disease harm and deaths while undermining vaccine trust and established immunization programs.
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RFK Jr. vaccine panel puts nation at risk - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
On June 9, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abruptly fired all 17 members of a key panel of medical and science experts overseeing the use of vaccines for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Letter: Making a case against vaccine mandates | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Regarding vaccine resistance (“Gov. Green goes to Washington before Senate panel with medical cred, pro-vaccine message,” Star-Advertiser, On Politics, May 25): What anti-vaxxers and skeptics don’t like are mandates, doubt and danger.
On the coming vaccine wars, and what they reveal about the crackup in medicine
by Alex Berenson, Unreported Truths: No one trusts experts anymore. Why would they, after the mRNA failure, the lab leak coverup, the trans fiasco, the lies about Biden’s dementia, the opioid crisis… shall I go on? (PART 2 of 2. For part one, about the decades-long fetishization of vaccines, click HERE.) For a month, the New York […]
50% of Americans disapprove of RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel decisions
(NewsNation) — New polling from the Economist and YouGov found that 50% of Americans disapprove of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decisions regarding a key vaccine advisory committee. The same polling found that a supermajority of Americans, 76%, say vaccines in general are safe. Kennedy fired the entire vaccine advisory panel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, replacing the 17 members with eight new ones, some of whom …
Federal vaccine committee overhaul is a 'radical change,' says former committee chair
Dr. Jonathan Temte of UW-Madison chaired the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on federal vaccine guidelines and requirements — from 2012 to 2015. He said changes to the agency are alarming. The post Federal vaccine committee overhaul is a ‘radical change,’ says former committee chair appeared first on WPR.
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