RFK JR faces call for withdrawal when CDC chief fires and senior staff resigns: “Awkward” | Trump administration

IIt’s been a tumultuous week for U.S. health agencies, with several top officials leaving Coronavirus Vaccine restrictions, and even more experts call for removal of top health official Robert F Kennedy Jr.

Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Susan MonarezTrump was fired after a controversy and four other senior officials resigned.

“[The] The CDC basically exploded yesterday and is indeed in chaos now. “This is a national security risk for Americans,” said Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There is no stable, evidence-based leadership, everything from outbreaks to data to chronic illness to injuries is at risk. ”

Kennedy also released controversial and confusing restrictions on the Covid vaccine on Wednesday.

“I’m worried that these confusing changes will lead to confusion in the vaccine distribution system, which will make it harder for people (even at a high risk of suffering from severe illness) to make it harder,” Jennifer Nuzzo said.

Chaos intensified Kennedy’s scrutiny after the vaccine’s controversial move on the vaccine and the CDC shooting.

Kennedy “must go”, said Colin Carlson, assistant professor of epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health. Other health professionals arrive call Because of his resignation or termination.

Monarez postal The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on X.

But attorneys representing Monarez, Mark S. Zaid and Abbe Lowell responded statement Posted on the Blues, she neither resigned nor was fired.

“She will not resign,” Zaid wrote.

Monares refused to “rubber stamp reckless, unscientific instructions.” An hour and a half later, the White House doubled. explain Monares has been officially fired.

Four other senior CDC officials also resigned on Wednesday, including CDC’s chief medical officer Debra Houry. Demetre Daskalakis, Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases; Daniel Jernigan, Director of the National Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases; Jennifer Layden, Director of the Office of Public Health Data, Office of Surveillance and Technology.

Daskalakis in his Resignation letter He “never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor did he see such inexplicable manipulation of data for political purposes.”

Daskalakis is a key figure in co-certified, MPOX and bird flu responses, adding: “The CDC subject matter experts at my center never briefed the secretary” – period The worst measles outbreak In the United States, this has killed two children and one adult for decades.

Earlier Wednesday, Kennedy Announce On X, the updated mRNA COVID booster is approved as someone with “higher risk”. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has no press release.

The Pfizer vaccine has been approved for anyone aged 5 or older with a healthy condition. As mentioned earlier Report It may happen – This means that children under 5 years of age are no longer available.

The Modern Vaccine has been approved by anyone with a health status of more than 6 months. This seems to mean that children or adults without health conditions do not have a common vaccine, as summer rolls of waves strengthen.

However, Kennedy also seems to contradict himself in the post: “These vaccines can be used for all patients who choose them after consultation with the doctor.”

Kennedy contradicted himself yesterday, making the situation even more chaotic. ”

FDA Head Marty Makary explain On X, any adult has the option to get a Covid vaccine. Officials appear to refer to a practice called non-label usage, where doctors prescribe a drug for use, Nuzzo said.

“It’s possible for those who are not qualified to take it off the label. But whether they can do that is another question,” she said.

In some states, pharmacists and other vaccinators cannot vaccinate people who do not qualify for the specific eligibility.

“It’s also suspicious, and whether doctors are willing to vaccinate tags may be concerned about legal risks. We’ve heard that the secretary was unable to obtain a pregnant woman’s failure to get the Covid vaccine after tweeting.”

It is not clear which high-risk conditions may be eligible. The CDC has a previous list of vaccines, but in May, FDA officials Suggested A stricter list of conditions. The proposed list includes pregnancy, which Kennedy canceled in May.

Confused about whether patients can self-strike into a condition or whether evidence is needed – this may make it difficult for pharmacists and other vaccinators to interpret and implement new rules. These restrictions can also make it difficult for people to obtain vaccines, even if they are eligible.

“This is another way to reduce vaccination: massive chaos,” Jetelina said.

Typically, the CDC’s Independent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice (ACIP) will meet to issue recommendations for updated lenses. Now, ACIP website List The August/September meeting is “TBD”. These recommendations will affect vaccine insurance.

This week’s move is just part of Bedlam, currently within the U.S. health agency.

A fast-paced autism research project is to identify “certain interventions” that “almost certainly lead to autism,” Kennedy said Tuesday at a cabinet meeting. He said the results will be announced in September.

This project, which includes creation National Research Registration Autistic patients have already run Researchers and advocates are unscientific attempts to link vaccines to autism.

Last week, the CDC appointed Retsef Levi, a professor of operations management at MIT Sloan School of Management, to lead the ACIP task force for the Covid vaccine. Li Weiyou explain The mRNA vaccine “caused serious harm, including death, especially among young people”, adding: “We must stop giving them immediately!”

Democratic Senator Patty Murray from Washington, Called Kennedy was fired on Wednesday, writing: “We can’t let the little RFK get the rest of the CDC.”

Carlson said Kennedy was “an embarrassment on both sides of the aisle.” “Seeing Patty Murray and the American Public Health Association (APHA) came to the same conclusion – RFK must go – gave me a lot of hope. Let’s fight. I think we can win.”