Key GOP Senator Calls For Halt On Vaccine Decisions Amid CDC Chaos
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Sen. Bill Cassidy, chair of the Senate Health Committee, raised concerns about “the current turmoil in CDC leadership" due to RFK Jr.'s attacks on science.
WASHINGTON – A key Republican senator on Thursday called on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to postpone an upcoming meeting of its federal vaccine advisory panel, saying the agency’s leadership is in disarray and any recommendations by this panel won’t have credibility.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, says the CDC should indefinitely delay a Sept. 18 meeting of its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a panel of experts that composes the national recommendations for vaccine uptake.
“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,” Cassidy, who is also a physician, said in a statement.
In his message, he referenced the sudden firing of CDC director Dr. Susan Monarez, apparently over disagreement about vaccines with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Her pushout was followed by the resignation of other top public health experts at the CDC, raising the alarm about the credibility of remaining leadership on public health.
“Serious allegations have been made about the meeting agenda, membership, and lack of scientific process being followed for the now announced September ACIP meeting,” Cassidy said in his statement. “These decisions directly impact children’s health and the meeting should not occur until significant oversight has been conducted.”
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