CDC vaccine advisers who were removed from committee by RFK Jr. speak out

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: ABC News

June 16, 2025, 5:15 PM


The 17 members of a federal vaccine advisory committee, who were ousted last week, argued their abrupt dismissal has "left the U.S. vaccine program critically weakened."

The group, speaking collectively for the first time since Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed them, said his actions "have stripped the program of the institutional knowledge and continuity that have been essential to its success over decades" in an editorial published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

In an unprecedented move last week, Kennedy dismissed each of the 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, noting in an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal that "a clean sweep is needed to re-establish public confidence in vaccine science."

Kennedy claimed the panel was plagued by conflicts of interest and was a "rubber stamp" for all vaccines. Two days later, he appointed eight new members -- some with previous ties to Kennedy. A few have previously espoused vaccine skeptical viewpoints, sharing ideas in line with the Kennedy's prior comments.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/cdc-vaccine-advisers-removed-committee-rfk-jr-speak/story?id=122900198

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Link to JAMA EDITORIAL - Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at a Crossroads

[riversedge]

1. The only conflict of interest at the CDA is RFK Jr.!!

.........Kennedy claimed the panel was plagued by conflicts of interest and was a "rubber stamp" for all vaccines. Two days later, he appointed eight new members -- some with previous ties to Kennedy. A few have previously espoused vaccine skeptical viewpoints, sharing ideas in line with the Kennedy's prior comments.

[Bayard]

2. But, he says he's restoring the confidence of the American people!

I don't see where any of the replacement players are scientists or have any medical degrees in the articles.

[maxsolomon]

4. Here's what they said:

"As former ACIP members, we are deeply concerned that these destabilizing decisions, made without clear rationale, may roll back the achievements of U.S. immunization policy, impact people's access to lifesaving vaccines, and ultimately put U.S. families at risk of dangerous and preventable illnesses," the former advisers wrote.

The group argued that, despite recent suggestions by Kennedy, health care providers have historically trusted the CDC's advisory committee to provide vaccine recommendations.

They noted that 99 of every 100 children in the U.S. have received at least some of the committee's recommended vaccines by the time they are 2 years old, citing CDC data.

The former advisers cited research showing that routine vaccination of about 117 million kids from 1994 to 2023 likely prevented 508 million lifetime cases of illnesses, 32 million hospitalizations and over 1.1 million deaths.

Those millions of vaccinations equate to a net saving of $540 billion in direct costs and $2.7 trillion in societal costs, according to the group.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. During the height of the pandemic

I was watching the streams of both CDC's ACIP and FDA's VRBPAC (who will probably be gutted soon by brainworm host) meetings, and did a bunch of OPs on their votes, where I even included screenshots of them going through votes like this - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142804213



and this - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142804469



These are real people - most working at large hospitals and some at colleges/universities, with a few who worked at non-governmental health organizations (as well as those who work for the various health agencies).