Under RFK Jr., vaccine approval is getting more politicized, not less

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) John Sutter : Kennedy has politicized the U.S. vaccine approval process by summarily firing the panel.

Sutter says Kennedy has taken the unprecedented step of prematurely sacking the entire panel.

He says the new appointees are notably lacking in professional expertise.

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