"As Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, dismantles nearly every core component of the country's vaccine infrastructure- defunding vaccine research, restricting access to shots, spreading mistruths about immunizations, purging experts who might threaten his anti-vaccine agenda-"I'm spending all my energy trying to help states come up with how they're gonna manage this situation," Jha told me."
"In June, Kennedy dismissed the entire roster of ACIP-the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which for decades has used scientific evidence to guide the agency's nationwide vaccine recommendations -and has since been restocking the panel with anti-vaccine researchers who lack relevant expertise. The CDC "no longer has any credibility as a public-health entity," Jha said. "States have to do it themselves." And some states are. This week, Washington, Oregon, and California announced that they would form a coalition to issue their own vaccine recommendations."
Ashish Jha, former White House COVID-19 response coordinator, is aiding states as HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismantles U.S. vaccine infrastructure by defunding research, restricting access to shots, spreading falsehoods about immunizations, and purging experts. Kennedy dismissed the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and has been appointing anti-vaccine researchers lacking relevant expertise. Jha asserts that the CDC has lost credibility and urges states to break with ACIP and CDC. Washington, Oregon, California, and Hawaii are forming a coalition to issue their own vaccine recommendations, and several medical societies have published diverging guidance.
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