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Among the eight people Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced would make up his new group of outside vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are an emergency physician who posted Islamophobic commentary on social media and two doctors who were paid to provide expert testimony in trials against a vaccine maker.
Three of the health secretary’s picks to replace fired members of an influential panel that sets U.S. vaccine policies have filed statements in court flagging concerns about vaccines.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday removed all 17 members of a committee that makes vaccine recommendations to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - a move that could have major implications in Texas and nationwide.
One day after he fired the Centers for Disease Control's 17-person vaccine recommendation panel, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced several replacements. The eight new members include the secretary's allies,