{"id":2383,"date":"2025-06-12T11:40:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T11:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/12\/kennedy-names-new-members-of-cdc-vaccine-advisory-panel-days-after-removing-previous-advisers\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T11:40:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T11:40:23","slug":"kennedy-names-new-members-of-cdc-vaccine-advisory-panel-days-after-removing-previous-advisers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/12\/kennedy-names-new-members-of-cdc-vaccine-advisory-panel-days-after-removing-previous-advisers\/","title":{"rendered":"Kennedy names new members of CDC vaccine advisory panel days after removing previous advisers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/action-bar\/instances\/cmbsg3rud001t26p5a2vz8q50@published\" data-label-id-prefix=\"action-bar-start-of-article\" class=\"action-bar\" data-dynamic-breakpoint-placement=\"{&quot;extraLarge&quot;:{&quot;placement&quot;:&quot;.layout-article-elevate__left&quot;}}\" data-expand-conditions=\"{&quot;follow&quot;:{&quot;extraLarge&quot;:{&quot;alwaysExpand&quot;:true}},&quot;shareOptions&quot;:{&quot;large&quot;:{&quot;maxNumOfActions&quot;:1},&quot;medium&quot;:{&quot;maxNumOfActions&quot;:1},&quot;extraLarge&quot;:{&quot;withAction&quot;:&quot;follow&quot;,&quot;maxNumOfActions&quot;:2}}}\">\n<div class=\"action-bar__overlay\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"action-bar__action-sheet\">\n<div class=\"action-bar__action-sheet--header\">\n<div class=\"action-bar__action-sheet--header-title\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"action-bar__action-sheet--header-close\">                            <\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"action-bar__action-sheet--action\" data-title=\"follow\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/follow-topics-bar\/instances\/cmbsg3rud001x26p54wjfevys@published\" data-unauth-redirect=\"\/account\/register\/follow\" data-embed-max-topics=\"\" class=\"follow-topics-bar follow-topics-bar_overlay follow-topics-bar--hide\">\n<div class=\"follow-topics-bar_overlay__inner\">\n<div class=\"follow-topics-bar_overlay__scroll-wrapper\">                  <button data-unselectable=\"true\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/chip\/instances\/cmbsg3rud001y26p5a936dwr5@published\" class=\"chip follow-topics-chip \" data-component-variation=\"follow-topics-chip\" data-component-name=\"chip\" data-zjs=\"click\" data-enable-interstitial=\"true\" data-override-success=\"\" data-label=\"Vaccines\" data-id=\"617c0361-7001-4fd9-87cb-f147c812ab03\" data-reset-on-log-out=\"true\">    <span class=\"chip__label\">Vaccines<\/span>    <span class=\"chip__icon\">        <span class=\"chip__icon--check\"><\/span>        <span class=\"chip__icon--add\"><\/span>    <\/span><\/button>                  <button data-unselectable=\"true\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/chip\/instances\/cmbsg3rud001y26p5a936dwr5@published\" class=\"chip follow-topics-chip \" data-component-variation=\"follow-topics-chip\" data-component-name=\"chip\" data-zjs=\"click\" data-enable-interstitial=\"true\" data-override-success=\"\" data-label=\"Federal agencies\" data-id=\"874fe3a3-ab02-4ed7-8d3b-417b95049613\" data-reset-on-log-out=\"true\">    <span class=\"chip__label\">Federal agencies<\/span>    <span class=\"chip__icon\">        <span class=\"chip__icon--check\"><\/span>        <span class=\"chip__icon--add\"><\/span>    <\/span><\/button>                  <button data-unselectable=\"true\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/chip\/instances\/cmbsg3rud001y26p5a936dwr5@published\" class=\"chip follow-topics-chip \" data-component-variation=\"follow-topics-chip\" data-component-name=\"chip\" data-zjs=\"click\" data-enable-interstitial=\"true\" data-override-success=\"\" data-label=\"Respiratory viruses\" data-id=\"dc4dc3db-08f5-47c8-b2fb-e0beaa158c04\" data-reset-on-log-out=\"true\">    <span class=\"chip__label\">Respiratory viruses<\/span>    <span class=\"chip__icon\">        <span class=\"chip__icon--check\"><\/span>        <span class=\"chip__icon--add\"><\/span>    <\/span><\/button>        <\/div>\n<div class=\"follow-topics-bar_overlay__fade follow-topics-bar_overlay__fade--hide\"><\/div>\n<p>                      See all topics              <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"action-bar__action-sheet--action\" data-title=\"share options\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/social-share\/instances\/cmbsg3rud001w26p5500w8269@published\" class=\"social-share_labelled-list\">\n<div class=\"social-share_labelled-list__share-links vossi-social-share_labelled-list\" data-type=\"share-links\">        <button class=\"social-share_labelled-list__share\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=80401312489&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2025%2F06%2F11%2Fhealth%2Fkennedy-new-members-vaccine-advisory-panel&amp;display=popup\" data-type=\"facebook\" aria-label=\"share with facebook\" title=\"Share with Facebook\">                                <span class=\"social-share_labelled-list__share-links--label\">Facebook<\/span>        <\/button>        <button class=\"social-share_labelled-list__share\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Check%20out%20this%20article%3A&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2025%2F06%2F11%2Fhealth%2Fkennedy-new-members-vaccine-advisory-panel\" data-type=\"x\" aria-label=\"share with x\" title=\"Share with X\">                                <span class=\"social-share_labelled-list__share-links--label\">Tweet<\/span>        <\/button>                                        <span class=\"social-share_labelled-list__share-links--label\">Email<\/span>                <button class=\"social-share_labelled-list__share\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/06\/11\/health\/kennedy-new-members-vaccine-advisory-panel\" data-type=\"copy\" aria-label=\"copy link to clipboard\" title=\"Copy link to clipboard\">                                <span class=\"social-share_labelled-list__share-links--label\">Link<\/span>        <\/button>        <\/p>\n<div class=\"social-share_labelled-list__copied\" data-type=\"message\">                        Link Copied!        <\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>    <button class=\"social-share_labelled-list__open\" data-type=\"open\" aria-label=\"open social share\" title=\"Open social share\">            <\/button>    <button class=\"social-share_labelled-list__close\" data-type=\"close\" aria-label=\"close social share\" title=\"Close social share\">            <\/button><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"action-bar__buttons\">            <button class=\"action-bar__button\" data-title=\"follow\">                                        Follow            <\/button>            <button class=\"action-bar__button\" data-title=\"share options\">                                <\/button>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbsg3rud001v26p518ch00nh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Just two days after retiring the entirety of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s vaccine advisory panel, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has appointed several prominent critics of the government\u2019s Covid-19 response to that committee.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbshk5r900063b6mg3ex4tqs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            He announced eight new members of the CDC\u2019s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, on Wednesday.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbshk5r900073b6m0e9saqty@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Kennedy had said Monday that the previous 17-member panel that makes recommendations on who should get vaccines and when was rife with conflicts of interest and that he would appoint new \u201chighly credentialed\u201d experts in time for the panel\u2019s June 25 meeting, at which the members are expected to discuss guidance for Covid-19 and HPV shots, among others.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbshk5r900083b6m995g2lo8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            In a statement Wednesday, Kennedy said the reassembled panel will demand \u201cdefinitive safety and efficacy data before making any new vaccine recommendations\u201d but will review data for the current vaccine schedule, as well.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbshk5r900093b6meh198k6t@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The eight new ACIP members include Dr. Robert Malone, a biochemist who made early innovations in the field of messenger RNA but in more recent years has been a vocal critic of mRNA technology in Covid-19 vaccines.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbshk5r9000a3b6ms2fiip4d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The CDC recently narrowed its recommendations for mRNA Covid-19 shots, but some advocates in the Make America Healthy Again movement have pressed Kennedy to go further and bar the vaccines entirely.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbshk5r9000b3b6mgepnrae8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Another new member is Dr. Martin Kulldorff, a biostatistician and epidemiologist who co-authored an October 2020 strategy on herd immunity known as the Great Barrington Declaration with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, now director of the US National Institutes of Health.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmbshkd6t000n3b6mfijmwjom@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmbpk3hcl001e27qj5xi7fp4d@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"GettyImages-2216099148.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.666875\" data-original-height=\"1067\" data-original-width=\"1600\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2216099148.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Capitol Hill on May 20, in Washington, DC.<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Tasos Katopodis\/Getty Images\/File<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">RFK Jr. removes all current members of CDC vaccine advisory committee<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbshk5r9000d3b6mf14hu49t@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Kennedy also chose Dr. James Pagano, an emergency medicine physician he described as a \u201cstrong advocate for evidence-based medicine\u201d who has served on hospital committees and medical executive boards.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbshk5r9000e3b6ml5k0h9tm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Dr. Retsef Levi, an MIT professor who has published studies on mRNA vaccines and cardiovascular events, is also joining the panel. Levi is a professor of operations management.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbshk5r9000f3b6mbhsahcgv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Several of the new members have served in federal health agencies previously, including Dr. Joseph Hibbeln, a former acting chief of the NIH\u2019s section on nutritional neurosciences.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbshk5r9000g3b6mgizgu7tn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Dr. Cody Meissner, a Dartmouth professor of pediatrics who also signed the Great Barrington Declaration, has previously served on ACIP and on the US Food and Drug Administration\u2019s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbshk5r9000h3b6mw2ncl4ht@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Dr. Vicky Pebsworth, the Pacific region director of the National Association of Catholic Nurses, also served on the FDA vaccine committee. Pebsworth has questioned vaccine safety, citing her son\u2019s \u201cserious, long-term health problems\u201d after vaccinations at 15 months, and served on the board of the nonprofit National Vaccine Information Center, which has suggested links between vaccines and autism.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbshk5r9000i3b6m8zamknkm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Dr. Michael Ross, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at George Washington University and Virginia Commonwealth University, has previously served on the CDC\u2019s Advisory Committee for the Prevention of Breast and Cervical Cancer. Kennedy also nodded in his statement to Ross\u2019 \u201ccontinued service on biotech and healthcare boards.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbshk5r9000j3b6m4xevsmlq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The private equity company Havencrest, in which Ross is an operating partner, describes him on its site as a \u201cserial CEO\u201d who has served on the boards of several biotechnology companies.    <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheader inline-placeholder subheader-elevate vossi-subheader vossi-subheader--size-h2\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/cmbsnvdcr000q3b6mhubauxyx@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" id=\"rebuilding-acip\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">        Rebuilding ACIP<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbsn1aex00003b6mwhxnmqu3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            ACIP, established in 1964, plays a quiet but significant role in American vaccine policy. The panel is typically an assembly of pediatricians, immunologists, researchers and patient advocates, and it is tasked with reviewing vaccine safety and efficacy and voting on who should receive which vaccines. Its recommendations shape insurers\u2019 coverage of vaccines and physicians\u2019 recommendations to their patients.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbso3tyw001a3b6mbltuh5si@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Kennedy has promised that a \u201cclean sweep\u201d of federal vaccine advisers will restore public trust in the medical establishment and in vaccines.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbsnuytw00053b6mnwfqlwsi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            He argued in several public comments this week that the panel was rife with conflicts of interest and has served as a \u201crubber stamp\u201d for vaccine manufacturers for years. ACIP members have historically stated disclosures and conflicts of interest at the start of meetings and make federal filings about stock holdings and research funding. ACIP also recently published members\u2019 conflicts and disclosures from 2000 through 2024 online.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbsnuytw00073b6mrxwn60ea@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The secretary has also said that several previous ACIP members \u201cwere last-minute appointees of the Biden administration\u201d and that without dismissing the panel, the Trump administration would not be able to add new members until 2028.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbsnuytw00083b6mhhk6h6we@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Biden officials appointed eight members to ACIP in the final months of his administration. Panelists typically serve for four years.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmbsnyb0j00143b6mo1hc5m3v@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--vertical-video\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related vertical video<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmbqya36x000h27p2ecbjekmp@published\" class=\"image-elevate portrait image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"112569_rfk removes vaccine advisers_Thumbnail.png\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"1.7777777777777777\" data-original-height=\"1920\" data-original-width=\"1080\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/112569-rfk-removes-vaccine-advisers-thumbnail.png?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\"><\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">CNN<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">ACIP member claims RFK Jr. eroded vaccine advisory committee\u2019s credibility overnight<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbsnuytw00093b6mjtjx1sgp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Kennedy wrote on X Tuesday that none of the new ACIP members would be \u201cideological anti-vaxxers.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbsnuytw000a3b6m71ntbdc4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cThey will be highly credentialed physicians and scientists who will make extremely consequential public health determinations by applying evidence-based decision-making with objectivity and common sense,\u201d he said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbsnuytw000b3b6m2lss1cu5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Although the secretary of Health and Human Services has the authority to remove and appoint new members to advisory boards, Kennedy\u2019s complete overhaul and speedy appointment of new members earned swift rebukes from physicians, nurses and some former health officials.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbsnuytw000c3b6m4d2nsrl4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The American Medical Association, which is meeting in Chicago this week, adopted a resolution calling for Kennedy to reverse the decision to remove the previous ACIP members, particularly in the current climate around public health in the U.S.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbsnuytw000d3b6mfpbvexmp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cWith an ongoing measles outbreak and routine child vaccination rates declining, this move will further fuel the spread of vaccine-preventable illnesses,\u201d AMA President Dr. Bruce Scott said in a statement.    <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheader inline-placeholder subheader-elevate vossi-subheader vossi-subheader--size-h2\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/cmbsnv2uu000n3b6m44y0uynu@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" id=\"vetting-the-new-panel\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">        Vetting the new panel<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbsnuytw000g3b6m9mrs4ey5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cWe\u2019ve taken a giant step backwards,\u201d said Dr. Paul Offit, a vaccine scientist at the Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia and an outside adviser on vaccines to the US Food and Drug Administration. \u201cWe had on that committee, before the purge, the kind of expertise and experience and institutional memory from which we benefited. We don\u2019t have that anymore.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbsnuytw000h3b6mkxsxh7ty@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cYou have two anti-vaccine activists in that group,\u201d Offit said. \u201cRobert Malone, who testified in front of Congress that mRNA vaccines cause cancer, and you have Vicky Pebsworth, who is a member of the anti-vaccine group the National Vaccine Information Center.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbsnuytw000i3b6mavkd9tnt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            A suggestion that the new advisory committee will review the existing immunization schedule \u201ccould mean that everything\u2019s in play,\u201d he said. \u201cEvery vaccine that\u2019s on the current schedule is in play. Who knows what they could do? They could say, \u2018I think that these other vaccines need to be tested in the right way, because they haven\u2019t been tested in the right way before, and we\u2019re going to suspend their use until they\u2019re tested the right way.\u2019 The sky\u2019s the limit. It\u2019s chaos. One can only imagine how bad it could be.\u201d    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmbsnyxn700163b6mzuvj41im@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--video\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related video<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmbqr6jy1005z27qi7w1x5ra1@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"clipped thumbnail -  - CNN ID 21692334 - 00:01:15;03\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-original-height=\"1080\" data-original-width=\"1920\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/videothumbnails\/73698610-81627342-generated-thumbnail.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\"><\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Clipped From Video<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image__label image__label--type-video image__label--small image__label--visible\">          <span class=\"image__label-icon\"><\/span>video        <\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">Former WH Covid Czar slams RFK Jr.\u2019s firing of vaccine advisory panel<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbsnuytw000j3b6m1538c0q5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Offit was previously a member of ACIP and said the review of a new candidate before their appointment, including their conflicts of interest, typically takes at least two to three months.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbsnuytw000k3b6mhyoxn0kq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cYou have to fill out a lot of forms, and people look very carefully,\u201d he said. \u201cOne, to see whether you have the expertise; two, to see whether or not there\u2019s any undue connections, that you are completely independent of the pharmaceutical industry and completely independent of the government.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbsnuytw000l3b6mvbd89n8y@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Two just-dismissed ACIP members noted that their application and review processes took much longer: from a year and a half to more than two years, although one pointed out that it\u2019s possible the process could be faster if an HHS secretary were in a hurry.    <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheader inline-placeholder subheader-elevate vossi-subheader vossi-subheader--size-h2\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/cmbsnw6vh00123b6mlfancahj@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" id=\"wall-street-reacts\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">        Wall Street reacts<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbsnuy7q00033b6mfk453hsv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The investment community following biopharma stocks also reacted with unease to the new slate.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbsnw3yu000y3b6m9u5dq1xu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cWe are particularly concerned by the appointments of vaccine critics like Drs. Malone and Kulldorf, and Vicky Pebsworth,\u201d said Evan Seigerman, an analyst with the financial firm BMO Capital Markets, noting that Malone \u201chas contributed to Covid-19 conspiracies and vaccine critique,\u201d Kulldorf \u201cwas against Covid lockdowns and vaccine mandates\u201d and Pebsworth\u2019s National Vaccine Information Center has been \u201cwidely criticized for spreading vaccine misinformation.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbsnw3yu000z3b6my5c7qrvi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Seigerman added, though, that \u201cwhile the appointment of known vaccine dissidents is alarming, such voices do not appear to dominate the committee.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmbsnw3yu00103b6mge3ugbh9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            He pointed out that the biggest fallout from the committee changes could be to insurance coverage of vaccines, noting that \u201cACIP\u2019s role in determining the annual US vaccine schedule is typically what then drives US insurer coverage decisions.\u201d    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vaccines Federal agencies Respiratory viruses See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow Just two days after retiring the entirety of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s vaccine advisory panel, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has appointed several prominent critics of the government\u2019s Covid-19 response to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"loftocean_post_primary_category":0,"loftocean_post_format_gallery":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_ids":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_urls":"","loftocean_post_format_video_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_video_url":"","loftocean_post_format_video_type":"","loftocean_post_format_video":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_type":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_url":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_audio":"","loftocean-featured-post":"","loftocean-like-count":0,"loftocean-view-count":380,"tinysalt_single_post_intro_label":"","tinysalt_single_post_intro_description":"","tinysalt_hide_post_featured_image":"","tinysalt_post_featured_media_position":"","tinysalt_single_site_header_source":"","tinysalt_single_custom_site_header":"0","tinysalt_single_custom_sticky_site_header":"0","tinysalt_single_custom_sticky_site_header_style":"sticky-scroll-up","tinysalt_single_site_footer_source":"","tinysalt_single_custom_site_footer":"0","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}