"Driving the news: In a Wall Street Journal op-ed,Monarez accused Kennedy of telling her to go along with vaccine recommendations from a panel made up of individuals who have publicly expressed anti-vaccine rhetoric. "The CDC can't fulfill its obligation to the American people if its leader can't demand proof in decision-making," Monarez wrote. "That isn't reform. It is sabotage.""
"Kennedy's remarks came after a question posed to him by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) during a congressional hearing before the Senate Finance Committee."
Kennedy responded after a question from Sen. Ron Wyden during a Senate Finance Committee hearing. Susan Monarez accused Kennedy of urging her to accept vaccine recommendations from a panel composed of individuals who have publicly expressed anti-vaccine rhetoric. Monarez said the CDC cannot fulfill its obligation to the American people if its leader cannot demand proof in decision-making. She characterized those actions as not reform but sabotage. Monarez, identified as the ousted CDC director in related coverage, directly criticized firings connected to the dispute and framed them as sabotage.
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