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.

  • WeirdyBeansAt
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    141 month ago

    If at first you don’t get the answer you want fire everybody running counter to you and hire people not even holding a GED who swear by shooting bleach up your ass.

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      51 month ago

      He just wants the safety of vaccines to be properly researched!* Honest!

      *And not by scientists.

      • WeirdyBeansAt
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        71 month ago

        Let’s give the reins to the guy with no medical degree who did unethical experiments on autistic kids! Doctors shouldn’t be experts! That’s elitism!

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      41 month ago

      Okay, wow. He’s an attorney, which means he’s a Juris Doctor, so that’s basically like being a regular doctor. Plus he’s had a ton of parasites, so he gets it.