Dismantling the CDC
2025 June
2025-06-09 RFK fired all 17 members of the CDC’s vaccine panel and backfilled the advisory committee with ant-vaxxers.
https://abcnews.com/Health/rfk-jr-removing-17-members-cdcs-vaccine-advisory/story?id=122670046
https://www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/rfk-jr-fires-every-member-of-cdc-vaccine-expert-panel-acip/
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/09/rfk-scraps-vaccine-advisory-committee
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/16/nx-s1-5749530/judge-blocks-rfk-jr-vaccine-changes
2025 August
2025-08-20 The Trump administration fired at least 600 CDC employees.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx29rdpg45xo
2025-08-27 RFK fired Susan Monarez from the CDC after she refused to “rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives”.
https://www.environmentalprotectionnetwork.org/20250828_cdc-firing_release/
https://x.com/HHSGov/status/1960818490614415869
2025-08-28 RFK appointed biotechnology investor Jim O’Neill to head the CDC. According to AI overview, O’Neill is a long-time advocate of deregulation and support for unproven therapies.
2025-08-28 In response to the firing of Susan Monarez, several employees from the CDC participated in a mass walkout.
2025 September
2025-09-01 Nine former CDC directors accused RFK of jeopardizing health by severely weakening programs.
https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/opinion-rfk-jr-s-decisions-unacceptable-say-former-cdc-directors/
2025-09-17 Former CDC director Susan Monarez testified at a Senate hearing and reported pressure from RFK over vaccine mandates.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-health/fired-cdc-director-describes-pressure-kennedy-over-vaccines