Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as Secretary of Health and Human Services, has faced scrutiny for misleadingly claiming to have appointed a George Washington University doctor to a federal vaccine advisory board. Following the dismissal of 17 members from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, he announced new appointments, which included a professor whose associations were inaccurately represented. This incident raises questions about the integrity and transparency of health leadership under Kennedy amid growing distrust in vaccine safety narratives.
Kennedy's claim of naming a GWU doctor to a federal vaccine advisory board is false, as the named individual has not taught there in years.
The firing of all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices came from Kennedy's intention to restore public trust in vaccines.
Kennedy's choice to 'repopulate' the Advisory Committee included highly credentialed experts, although one claimed expert had not taught at the stated university for years.
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