More heads roll
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he is “retiring” all 17 members of a crucial government panel of vaccine advisors, a shocking step that could help to sow doubts about immunizations in the U.S.
“A clean sweep is needed to re-establish public confidence in vaccine science,” Kennedy said in an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal on Monday.
Kennedy is removing all members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The group reviews vaccine data and makes recommendations that determine who is eligible for shots and whether insurers should cover them, among other efforts.
ACIP members are independent medical and public experts who make recommendations based on rigorous scientific review and evidence. The CDC director has to sign off on those recommendations for them to become official policy.
It is unclear who Kennedy will appoint to the new group. In a release, HHS said ACIP will still hold a planned meeting from June 25 to 27 to make recommendations. A person familiar with the matter told CNBC that new members will run that meeting.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/09/rfk-jr-cdc-panel-vaccines.html
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Guess what. Every member appointed by Kennedy and Trump will be replaced in 2029. No notice, just a pink slip without any "thank you for your service." The GOP has set the precedent for the Democrats to sweep out just about every Republican-appointed official in government come Jan. 21, 2029. Can't wait. And can't wait to hear the screaming about "public service protections" from our GOP friends.
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Your Local Epidemiologist talks about RFK Jr.'s gut of the committee:
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-guts-the-us-vaccine-policy?ref=readtangle.com
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Eight replacements named.
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They will be dismissed without cause when sense returns.
There will be mass firings of Trump-hired government "servants. It's coming. If our GOP friends complain, I will tell them "you've gotta take one or two in the chin" to restore competence, and THEN we can talk about finding ways to restore the idea of civil service protection. But the political-litmus-test hires of the next 3.8 years will all have to go. Clean sweep.
