Dmitri Drobnitsky
The goal is to replace them with new ones and “restore public confidence in vaccination.”
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. has decided to fire the entire Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). The current contracts of all 17 council members would have ended in 2028.
Kennedy promised that the move would increase public confidence in government recommendations. A department statement read by Kennedy said: “Today, we put restoring public confidence above any specific campaign for or against vaccination.”
Kennedy also said that the ACIP has often had conflicts, but has never issued a negative opinion on vaccines. Strictly speaking, the decision to approve vaccines is made by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the committee makes recommendations on which groups of people will benefit most from an already approved vaccine.
One way or another, vaccination has long been a political issue in the United States. The vast majority of Republicans suspect medical authorities of bias and conspiracies when it comes to vaccination, while the liberal agenda dictates to call any doubts even about a specific vaccine conspiracy theories.
Robert Kennedy Jr. is considered a “vaccine skeptic”, but he denies that he is a “vaccine denier” and has repeatedly stated that he advocated and advocates for basic vaccination, which, in fact, saved humanity in the 20th century. His current action is an attempt, on the one hand, to reset and restart the mechanism of independent review of vaccination schemes, on the other – to stop political disputes around vaccines.
However, perhaps Kennedy is exactly what he is considered to be — a conspiracy theorist. The entire Kennedy family is one big scandal.
Vladimir Morozov
Dmitry Narinsky
