RFK Jr. Appoints New Members to CDC Vaccine Committee
What: HHS Sec. Kennedy named new members to the federal panel that advises on vaccines, after he surprise fired the entire board earlier this week. Some members include critics of mRNA coronavirus vaccines.
Key Line: “His picks… include Martin Kulldorff, co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, and Vicky Pebsworth, listed on the board of the nation’s oldest anti-vaccine group.”
Source: Washington Post
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