With a political thunderclap, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, has dismissed the entire CDC vaccine advisory committee \u2013 a move that is considered unprecedented even in the charged atmosphere of U.S. health policy. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), long the backbone of evidence-based vaccine recommendations, was dissolved with a single stroke. Seventeen scientists, all appointed under the Biden administration, were removed without warning. Kennedy announced that he would reconstitute the panel with his own picks within two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"A complete reset is necessary to restore public trust in vaccine science,\" Kennedy wrote in a guest column for the Wall Street Journal \u2013 leaving no doubt that this was a political power move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The response from the scientific community has been fierce. Dr. Tom Frieden, former CDC director, warned of a \"dangerous precedent\" that could make it harder for millions to access vaccines. Dr. Georges Benjamin, director of the American Public Health Association, went so far as to call it a \"coup against science.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"This is not how a democracy \u2013 or the health of a nation \u2013 can function.\" Even within the committee, there is disbelief. Dr. Noel Brewer, a behavioral scientist at the University of North Carolina, received the dismissal notice via email \u2013 with no explanation. \"Until yesterday, ACIP recommendations were the gold standard. Today, everything is uncertain.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kennedy had promised during his Senate confirmation that he would not dismantle the committee. Now even Senator Bill Cassidy, a Republican physician, is calling it a breach of trust:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"The fear is real \u2013 that the new committee will be filled with people who know nothing about vaccines except suspicion.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ACIP website was taken down Monday evening. Who the replacements will be remains unclear. What is clear is this: the next meeting is scheduled in two weeks in Atlanta \u2013 with new faces, a new agenda, and a new direction that could divide the nation.<\/p>\n
Mit einem politischen Paukenschlag hat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Gesundheitsminister der Vereinigten Staaten, das komplette Impfberatungsgremium der CDC entlassen \u2013 ein Schritt, der selbst in der aufgeladenen Atmosph\u00e4re der US-Gesundheitspolitik als beispiellos gilt. Die Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), jahrzehntelang das R\u00fcckgrat evidenzbasierter Impfempfehlungen, wurde mit einem Federstrich aufgel\u00f6st. 17 Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler, allesamt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"iawp_total_views":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,7,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-topstory","category-trump-s-world"],"yoast_head":"\n