Whack job Bob Kennedy yesterday announced he was removing the entire membership of the advisory panel that makes immunization recommendations for the United States — the same advisory panel he told Sen. Cassidy during his confirmation hearing he would keep. HE LIED. Via the Washington Post:
In an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal, Kennedy said he decided to retire the 17 independent vaccine experts from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices because the panel has been “plagued with persistent conflicts of interest” and has become a “rubber stamp” for vaccines. Doctors and pharmacists look to the committee’s recommendations to decide which shots to offer.
Kennedy has long criticized the panel, which makes vaccine recommendations to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. When the recommendations are approved by the director, they become official public health guidance and are required to be covered by insurance plans at no cost to consumers.
