Former CDC officials say Kennedy Junior has made children less safe, political health.
Two high-ranking members of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that on Thursday they were worried that preventive diseases for children, which they Robert F. Kennedy portrays Junior as politicization of health science.
Susan Monarez, who led the government agency for only 29 days in this summer, told the Senate Health Committee that he was given two ultimatums from Health Secretary Kennedy, none of which he could support.
The orders included some high-ranks, causes without career CDC authorities, and to pre-analot the vaccine recommendations from a advisory panel that were from Kennedy earlier this year. Was completely swept away With your own selection.
“Even under pressure, I could not replace evidence with ideology or compromise my integrity,” he said.
In a controversial hearing two weeks ago, Kennedy said that she was “incredible”, an allegation that surprised some members of the Congress panel, and what Monarez has since said, it was not true. In Wednesday’s session, he said that Kennedy was upset that he shared a conversation details with the CDC depot, not reliable in the process.
Kennedy did not testify under the oath in the earlier hearing, some Sen Benny Sanders of Warmont said that he could not remember the first to be a health secretary before the panel.
Kennedy allegations hurt
Monarez said that his only wider seat with his boss was killed by a gunman in Atlanta with a wide sit-down 180 rounds. He said that Kennedy never called to expand his sympathy on the date of the incident, nor in his meeting.
David Rose, a police officer, was killed in the violence, resulting in the shooting of August 8. The culprit, allegedly angry with the Kovid -19 vaccine, fired 500 rounds in all and died of a self -imprisoned gunman wound.
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Monerez appeared when he recalled several anger allegations, Kennedy strike in a single meeting, which included the CDC “the world’s most corrupt federal agency”, and some officials suggest that the drug industry was to be staging.
In addition, in front of the Health Committee, former CDC Chief Medical Officer Debra Humi said that there was a fear after the shooting, and the sensitive personal information of some employees was taken to not be accessible to the public. He resigned in late August, expressing concern about the freedom of the agency.
Humi said that he first learned about a change in the Kovid -19 vaccine guidance through a post on X, where Kennedy Jr. announced that the vaccine would no longer be involved in the recommended vaccination of CDC for healthy children and pregnant women.
“CDC scientists still have not seen scientific data or justification for this change,” Humi said. “It is not a golden science.”
Monarez and Humi said that they are concerned about the revival of measles and hepatitis among both children. This year, the outbreak of Texas Khasra was hundreds of infected, including two untouched children.
Humi pointed to the prolonged prolonged effects of the disease with a child from California Recently dying of pannsflitis Years related to a measles infection.
Monarez also said that Kennedy suggested at one point that he should meet with a lawyer Aaron Siri The efficacy of polio vaccine was reportedly suspected,
Sanders, an independent, who is the ranking member of the committee for minority Democrats, clashed the Health Secretary as a person who “does not believe in science and hears plotting and ideologies instead of doctors and medical professionals.”
Sanders said, “It is absurd to say this in the year 2025, but vaccines are safe and effective.” “This is a huge consent of the scientific and medical community.”
Set to set vaccine panel
Moving beyond the session of Louisiana’s Republican Chairing Bill Cassidi, a physician, said the Senator approved the confirmation of Monarez with Kennedy, praising his “uncontrolled scientific credentials”. It was confirmed by 51–47 votes.
“Like, what happened?” Cassidi said. “Was we failed? Do we have done something different?”
The White House is excluding Susan Monarez, director of the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention, was confirmed in a job a few weeks later. However, her lawyers say she remains the CDC director, saying that only US President Donald Trump can fire her and the announcement of the White House is inadequate.
Kentaki’s Republican Senator Rand Paul and Cansus’ Roger Marshal, along with medical backgrounds, avoid the process questions, suggesting that Kennedy was correct to suggest that Kovid -19 and Hepatitis B vaccines were not required for most children.
The other Republican took an issue with the lawyers selected to represent him in view of his firing. Mark Zaid and Abbey Lowell, Representative, have first represented customers who have opposed President Donald Trump in litigation.
Senate hearing is being held a day before when the vaccine panel has started its two -day session in Atlanta, which is to discuss shots against Kovid -19, Hepatitis B and Chicken Pox. It is not clear how the panel can vote on the recommendations, although members have expressed doubts about whether newborns administered hepatitis B shots are required and they suggest that the Covid-19 recommendations should be more restricted.
Humi said that the agenda of that meeting is being run by political staff at DC, something that did not experience in CDC under both Democratic and Republican administration in the decade of his experience.
Monarez said that she would not prejudice Atlanta’s meeting, but admitted that she is “very nervous”, who could pay attention to whether parents will be able to rely on any vaccine guidance for children resulting from meeting.
Monarez was the first non-doctor to briefly lead the CDC in his 70-year history.
She receives a doctoral degree in microbiology and immunology from the University of Wisconsin and did a postdotoral research at Stanford University. Prior to CDC, Monarez was largely known for its government roles in health technology and bio -safety.
Monarez was not the first option of administration. She became a candidate after withdrawing David Weldon’s name to a handful of Republican.
The 71 -year -old Weldon, an internal medical doctor, who once served in the House of Representatives, was a Congress push for research in the reasons for autism, and rejected studies who found no reason between childhood vaccines and autism.
Jim O’Neel, a former investor, critic of health regulations and Kennedy Deputy, is now interim CDC Director.
