Sen. Bill Cassidy urged the Department of Health and Human Services to indefinitely postpone the vaccine advisory committee meeting and said any recommendations from it should be rejected as lacking legitimacy. The Trump administration is attempting to fire CDC Director Susan Monarez less than a month after Senate confirmation, and her lawyers have challenged the legality of the ouster. Several top CDC officials resigned, citing disagreements over vaccine policy. The Sept. 18 agenda includes COVID-19, Hepatitis B, RSV and MMRV vaccine discussions and possible votes. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the CDC has problems and called for stronger leadership and a review of agency priorities.
If the meeting proceeds, any recommendations made should be rejected as lacking legitimacy given the seriousness of the allegations and the current turmoil in CDC leadership,
We need to look at the priorities of the agency, if there's really a deeply, deeply embedded, I would say, malaise at the agency," Kennedy said. "And we need strong leadership that will go in there and that will be able to execute on President Trump's broad ambitions.
"retiring" all 17 members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices, independent medical and public health experts who advise and vote on the CDC's vaccine recommendations.
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