Experts Criticize RFK Jr.'s Impact on Vaccine Safety and Policy
TL;DR
Vicky Pebsworth, a nurse and anti-vaccine advocate with longstanding beliefs linking vaccines to autism, has been appointed to the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, raising concerns due to her history of anti-vaccine activism and connections to vaccine skepticism groups and figures like Robert F Kennedy Jr. Her appointment is part of a broader shift in the committee's composition under Kennedy, which has sparked debate over vaccine policy and public health.
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- ACIP Members Show Inexperience, Lack of Understanding at First Meeting, Experts Say MedPage Today
- Inside RFK Jr.'s push to change vaccines in America The Washington Post
- Opinion: Why RFK Jr.’s purge of vaccine experts endangers us all Deseret News
- Kennedy's firing of advisory panel makes our children less safe | Opinion The Providence Journal
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