The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has informed some outside groups that they can no longer participate in panels that review vaccine data and form recommendations for the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee.
The panels, or workgroups, meet behind closed doors and typically comprise members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)—which advises the CDC on vaccines—and experts from liaison organizations such as the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Groups that employ the experts have been informed that they won’t be part of the workgroups any longer, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the CDC’s parent agency, told The Epoch Times on Aug. 1….