Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Sept. 15 named five new members to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccines.
The new slate includes doctors and researchers who have been critical of the COVID-19 vaccines.
“ACIP safeguards the health of Americans by issuing objective, evidence-based vaccine recommendations,” Kennedy said in a statement. “Its new members bring diverse expertise that strengthens the committee and ensures it fulfills its mission with transparency, independence, and gold-standard science.”
After removing all existing ACIP members in June, in part because of conflicts of interest, Kennedy named eight replacements. One later withdrew from consideration….