"Under a Make America Healthy Again (Maha) agenda, Kennedy has accelerated vaccine policy changes despite opposition from scientists, including narrowing eligibility for Covid-19 vaccine shots and dismissing members of a vaccine advisory panel. He has cut federal funding for mRNA vaccine research for respiratory illnesses and instituted a review of vaccine recommendations. Kennedy also sought the dismissal of Dr Susan Monarez, former head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)."
"Referring to their oaths of office, both Hippocratic as physicians and as public servants, the former officials wrote in the Washington Post that they felt compelled to speak with one voice to say that the actions of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are endangering the health of the nation. Never before have we issued a joint public warning like this."
Six former US surgeons general said actions by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endanger national health. They identified changes in vaccine policy, cuts to federal mRNA vaccine research funding, narrowed Covid-19 vaccine eligibility, dismissal of vaccine advisory members, and reviews of vaccine recommendations. They cited staffing changes, plunging morale, and a shift in priorities from rationality to ideology as additional concerns. Kennedy sought the dismissal of Dr Susan Monarez, former CDC head, who testified that her firing followed a refusal to remove CDC vaccine experts. The former officials described the threat as profound, immediate and unprecedented.
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