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The White House announced late yesterday that it had dismissed Centers for Disease Control Director Susan Monarez after she declined to resign, stating her views were βnot aligned with the Presidentβs agenda of Making America Healthy Again.β
In a statement, Monarezβs legal team accused HHS and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of endangering millions by dismissing career experts and experienced scientists, while politicizing public health.
They wrote: βWhen CDC Director Susan Monarez refused to endorse unscientific, reckless directives or terminate dedicated health experts, she chose protecting the public over serving a political agenda. For that, she was targeted.β
In response, three senior CDC officials resigned in protest: Dr. Debra Houry, deputy director for program and science and chief medical officer; Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases; and Dr. Daniel Jernigan, director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases.
In her resignation email, Dr. Houry wrote: βFor the good of the nation and the world, science at CDC should never be censored or subjected to political delays or reinterpretations. Vaccines save lives that is an indisputable, well-established scientific fact.
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In a statement, Monarezβs legal team accused HHS and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of endangering millions by dismissing career experts and experienced scientists, while politicizing public health.
They wrote: βWhen CDC Director Susan Monarez refused to endorse unscientific, reckless directives or terminate dedicated health experts, she chose protecting the public over serving a political agenda. For that, she was targeted.β
In response, three senior CDC officials resigned in protest: Dr. Debra Houry, deputy director for program and science and chief medical officer; Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases; and Dr. Daniel Jernigan, director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases.
In her resignation email, Dr. Houry wrote: βFor the good of the nation and the world, science at CDC should never be censored or subjected to political delays or reinterpretations. Vaccines save lives that is an indisputable, well-established scientific fact.
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