RFK Jr. removes every member of CDC vaccine advisory committee
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Washington — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he is removing every member of a government panel that makes vaccine recommendations.
Kennedy said he is "retiring" all 17 members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices, asserting that it "has become little more than a rubber stamp for any vaccine."
"A clean sweep is needed to re-establish public confidence in vaccine science," Kennedy, who is a vaccine skeptic, wrote in an opinion piece published by the Wall Street Journal.
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