CDC hearing is the original Tekwes: Vaccin Moves, experts Sidelined, GOP attacks
Susan Monarez testified about his ouster as the head of the disease control and prevention center in the job for more than three hours on Wednesday, accusing Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., accusing him of keeping politics on public health and endangering the country.
The first Senate-sure CDC director Monarez Senate Health Committee told members that Kennedy had pressured the agency’s scientific process by announcing the big decision on social media, not supporting the federal vaccine policy without supporting the evidence of his and other officials.
“I was dismissed to hold the line on scientific integrity,” Monarez added that he was “concerned about my skills to continue the CDC’s leadership while making evidence-based decisions.”
Here are the key TechWes.
Changes in the schedule of childhood vaccine
Chairman of the committee, Bill Cassidy (R-La), asked Manarez to whether Kennedy talked about the childhood vaccine schedule.
Monarez testified that Kennedy told him that the childhood vaccine schedule would change from the beginning, “and I need to be on the board with it.”
Monarez also said that Kennedy told him that “he spoke to the President about changing the childhood vaccine schedule daily.”
Kennedy is a long -time vaccine who has spread false information about the loss of vaccine. He is committed to the Senators during his sure hearing that he supported the childhood vaccine schedule.
However, a dominant panel of CDC vaccine advisors to meet Kennedy Handpicd Thursday and Friday – and probably changes – hepatitis B vaccine is expected to meet for recommendations for children after birth.
Hepatitis B vaccine has been given the credit of saving thousands of lives since physicians started operating at birth more than 30 years ago.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) approached the idea that Kennedy had already decided to change the childhood vaccine schedule.
“The upcoming ACIP meeting will decide the result,” the spokesperson refer to the adviser to the vaccination practice mentioning the committee. “Any possible changes in the late childhood vaccine will be based on the latest available science and only after the ACIP proposes it and the acting CDC director reviews and approves those recommendations.”
Monarez said that Kennedy asked him to promise in advance for every recommendation from the panel, “regardless of scientific evidence.”
Deputy Health and Human Services Secretary Jim O’Nill is now the director of the acting CDC with a background in the Tech investment.
Kennedy scientific experts bypass or ignored
Former CDC Chief Medical Officer Debra Honi testified that Kennedy had bypassed or ignored scientific experts.
When she changed the recommendations for the Covid -10 vaccine for healthy children and pregnant women, Honey said that Kennedy had posted it on social media.
“After the tweet came out, we wanted a written memo of HHS because I couldn’t implement the direction from a tweet,” said Ghori. He added that he has not yet seen the data used to justify the change.
Honey also said that he never briefed Kennedy about the agency’s ham.
“In response to an outbreak you usually do leadership briefing. He also said that the fetus was part like the vaccine, and I had to send a note to our leadership team to correct that misinformation.”
Honey, who later said that Kennedy should resign, added that no director of the agency’s center briefed the secretary.
Monarez and Honey say the basic principles were made by Kennedy’s political activists, not the career scientists. Ghori, especially Kennedy’s associate, helped draft ACIP meetings to draft ACIP meetings.
Burns is a senior house GOP associate who is now a special adviser to the CDC. He is the former Rep Reps of Florida. Dave Weldon-CDC’s director spent decades working for Republicans known for their anti-vaccine aspect, including Kennedy’s first pick, whose nomination was withdrawn by the White House.
GOP Senators are trying to squeeze Monarez
Republican Senators accused Kennedy Monarez false and some grilled him about his legal representation: prominent DC Attorney and Trump critics Mark Zaid and Abe Loyal.
“I think you may have a problem with honesty here we want to mention,” Sen Markwine (R-Okla.) Said.
Mulin suggested that there was a recording of the meeting between Monarez and Kennedy that would prove that it was wrong. Cassidy and Sen Bernie Sanders (I-VT) asked why only one committee member seemed to have received the tape and Mulin later said that he was wrong.
Sense. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) And Ashley Moody (R-Fla.) Attacked Monarez for his attornees’ choice, he meant that he coordinated with the “anti-Trump lawyer”.
“Why is Mark Zaid among the thousands of lawyers you can hire to help you through this process?” Asked the bank. “You don’t think at all. You need to know that Mark Zayed is a top opponent of President Trump, notorious for his online activities that are very anti -Trump … Why did you hire a man like thousands of attorns?”
“Did you plan to coordinate with this public around your shot?” Moody asked, mentioning that Kennedy first tried to get him out and called Monarez Cassidy.
The question was widen by the Government HHS and White House Rapid Response Social Media Accounts.
