Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Sept. 4 defended the shakeup at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including the recent termination of its director.
“These changes were absolutely necessary adjustments to restore the agency to its role as the world’s gold standard public health agency, with the central mission of protecting Americans from infectious disease,” Kennedy said during an appearance before the Senate Finance Committee in Washington.
“CDC failed that responsibility miserably during COVID,” he said, pointing to how CDC guidance led to the closures of schools and businesses, as well as masking children as young as 2, while the United States recorded more than 1 million deaths due to COVID-19, according to death certificates….