In June, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired the executive secretary and all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices , the committee charged with making vaccine recommendations to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention based on a review of the scientific evidence. I was one of those members. Kennedy replaced us with his own handpicked choices. Most, if not all, of the new ACIP members have expressed at least some concern with the federal response to Covid-19 or the resulting vaccines.

During last week’s ACIP meeting, the committee spent one of the two days discussing Covid-19 vaccines. Unvetted and unfounded data were presented, and the biases of ACIP committee members were apparent in their questions and comments. They fueled unfounded concerns a

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