Dr. Jerome Adams criticized Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for cutting $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine research. He stated that mRNA technology has been instrumental in saving over two million lives and was essential for the rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines. Adams expressed concern over Kennedy's decision to remove all members from the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, emphasizing the importance of maintaining qualified scientists rather than making political decisions that could undermine public health efforts.
We know that by the most conservative estimates, over two million lives have been saved because of mRNA technology. It helped us develop COVID-19 vaccines in record time.
It's fascinating to me that in this conversation about whether he should receive the Nobel Prize for something, the thing that he should be considered for the Nobel Prize for, his health secretary is trying to undermine.
As a physician and former U.S. Surgeon General, I am deeply concerned by the unprecedented decision to remove all 17 members of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
Kennedy accused the 17 scientists of having conflicts of interest and purged the independent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, undermining long-established guidelines and research.
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