History Listory

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

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/judge-blocks-rfk-jr-from-scaling-back-childhood-vaccine-recommendations

2025 August

2025-08-20 The Trump administration fired at least 600 CDC employees.

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/08/at-least-600-cdc-employees-are-getting-final-termination-notices-union-says/

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.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/trump-administration-russia-ukraine-attack-cdc-director-fired-august-28-2025-live-updates/3981207/

2025-08-28 In response to the firing of Susan Monarez, several employees from the CDC participated in a mass walkout.

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/cdc-staffers-stage-mass-walkout-after-leadership-resignations-246023749592

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

2026 April

2026-04-10 Acting CDC director Jay Bhattacharya blocked COVID vaccination reports showing their benefits. Jay Bhattacharya was one of the authors of the Great Barrington Declaration in 2020 which argued against COVID lockdowns even before vaccines were developed.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/10/cdc-chief-covid-vaccine

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/the-trump-administration-just-updated-rules-for-cdcs-vaccine-advisory-panel-allowing-inclusion-of-rfk-jr-allies

https://www.wsav.com/news/cdc-delays-covid-vaccine-benefits-report/

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-cdc-delays-publishing-report-showing-covid-vaccine-benefits-wapo-reports-2026-04-09/

https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/04/cdc-study-shows-covid-shot-benefits-trump-official-blocks-release/

PAY OR SUB WALL https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/04/09/covid-vaccine-report-delayed/

Great Barrington Declaration links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Barrington_Declaration

https://gbdeclaration.org

https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115561/witnesses/HHRG-118-IF16-Wstate-BhattacharyaJ-20230328.pdf

https://www.hoover.org/research/man-who-talked-back-jay-bhattacharya-fight-against-covid-lockdowns