Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines and pledged to replace them with his own picks.

The 17-member Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices had been in a state of flux since Kennedy took over. Its first meeting this year had been delayed when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services abruptly postponed its February meeting.

  • cley_faye@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I hope some people are keeping track of all this, to keep them ALL accountable, and put safeguards in place so that it won’t happen again. I also hope there will be something to build on next US election.

    If people are ok with authoritarian regimes, let’s use that as an opportunity to strong hand transparency and trust into them. I was always against that stance, but the fucking shitfest we’re seeing there? Yeah, no more of that. Force laws that prevents unlimited power when you can instead of hoping the next madman will play “fair”.