"In recent weeks several prominent public health experts have resigned from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, citing concerns about the agency's shift away from science-based decision-making. Among them was Demetre Daskalakis, who until recently directed the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. He's here today to tell us more about what's going on at the CDCand what concerned experts are doing to try to keep America healthy."
"CDC is made out of centers that's what Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mean and so the National Center for Immunization Respiratory Diseases, which we'll call NCIRD for short, is the center that is responsible for a lot of vaccine policy and vaccine-preventable diseases for the country, as well as the jurisdictional immunization programs and the very important Vaccines for Children Program."
Several prominent public health experts resigned from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, citing concerns that the agency is shifting away from science-based decision-making. Demetre Daskalakis recently directed the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and held multiple roles over five years. NCIRD oversees vaccine policy, vaccine-preventable disease control, jurisdictional immunization programs, and the Vaccines for Children Program. Recent leadership changes under new Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have been described as moving toward ideological and authoritarian approaches rather than evidence-driven public health work. Concerned experts are seeking ways to preserve science-based policies and protect national immunization programs.
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