US EditionLouisiana Surgeon General, a Vaccine Critic, Named CDC Principal Deputy Director
Ralph Abraham, Louisiana surgeon general and vaccine skeptic, was appointed CDC principal deputy director on Nov. 23, aligning with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s views.
- Last week, Dr. Ralph Abraham quietly began serving as the CDC principal deputy director, a Louisiana physician who has questioned vaccine safety and halted state vaccination campaigns.
- He represented Louisiana in Congress from 2014 to 2020 and later served as the state surgeon general after decades in medical and veterinary practice.
- Former CDC official Dr. Nirav Shah said Abraham's appointment is 'shocking' after he delayed alerting the public about a whooping cough outbreak that caused two deaths.
- The principal deputy role includes emergency response and vaccine policy, and public health leaders warn Abraham's past decisions raise concerns despite his role as the CDC's top medical doctor under acting director Jim O'Neil.
- Abraham has publicly supported unproven COVID treatments and called COVID‑19 vaccines dangerous, urging Senator Dr. Bill Cassidy to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., though the two later fell out publicly.
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Doctor Critical of CDC Appointed Second in Command at Agency
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a new principal deputy director—a doctor who has criticized the agency for spreading misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic and spoken out against some vaccines. Dr. Ralph Abraham, who was Louisiana’s surgeon general, has been hired as the CDC’s second-in-command, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) told The Epoch Times in an email on Nov. 26. Abraham did no…
Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, a vaccine skeptic, tapped for No. 2 post at CDC
In October 2019, then-President Donald Trump greets Dr. Ralph Abraham, who was running for Louisiana governor, at a rally in Lake Charles. (Gerald Herbert/The Associated Press)Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, who rolled back government vaccine distribution as the state’s top public health official, has been appointed to the second highest position at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Abraham, a 71-year-old medical doct…
CDC quietly appoints doctor critical of vaccines as second in command
Dr. Ralph Abraham, who as Louisiana’s surgeon general ordered the state health department to stop promoting vaccinations and who has called COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous,” has been named the second in command at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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