RFK Jr. Just Fired All His Vaccine Advisers

RFK Jr. announced Monday that he had fired every single member of an advisory committee on vaccines in a “bold step” to help restore “public trust." As an immunocompromised person who believes in science and vaccines, I find this to be the most duplicitous and untrustworthy move the anti-science idiot could possibly make.

The Secretary of Health and Human Services disclosed that he was “retiring” 17 members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP), which reports to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on vaccine efficacy.

“Today we are prioritizing the restoration of public trust above any specific pro- or anti-vaccine agenda,” Kennedy said in an HHS press release Monday.

“The public must know that unbiased science—evaluated through a transparent process and insulated from conflicts of interest—guides the recommendations of our health agencies,” he added.

ACIP examines and deliberates over vaccine data in order to determine the efficacy, safety, and clinical need of vaccines, which they then report to the CDC. But, Kennedy has claimed that ACIP had been “plagued with persistent conflicts of interest,” becoming nothing more than a “rubber stamp” for vaccines.

“A clean sweep is needed to re-establish public confidence in vaccine science,” he wrote.

Among those he “clean swept” out of advising on vital public health measures were Albert Shaw, a Yale professor of medicine specializing in infectious diseases among the elderly; Edwin Asturias, professor of pediatrics and infectious diseases epidemiology, at the University of Colorado; and Helen Talbot, a professor of medicine and health policy at Vanderbilt University.

Kennedy has already handpicked unqualified goons to replace the fired experts. “The new members won’t directly work for the vaccine industry. They will exercise independent judgment, refuse to serve as a rubber stamp, and foster a culture of critical inquiry—unafraid to ask hard questions.” He named none of them.

Anti-vaxxers online praised Kennedy with prominent anti-vaxxer Sherri Tenpenny tweeting, “This is unprecedented. And long overdue. The foundation is shaking. Keep your eyes open.”

However, ACTUAL public health expert Dr. Neil Stone, remarked that Kennedy has always been a “lifelong committed hardcore anti-vaxxer.”

“It should come as no surprise that as HHS Secretary, he’s pursuing his dream of tearing down the vaccine programs that have saved lives and prevented horrific infections,” Stone wrote. “He’s a villain.”