Trump's First Surgeon General Sounds the Alarm on RFK Jr. Gutting Vaccine Board [View all]
Source: MEDIAite
Jun 10th, 2025, 11:03 am
Dr. Jerome Adams, who served as the surgeon general throughout President Donald Trump’s first term, sounded the alarm this week on Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removing every member of a key vaccine policy board at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Kennedy purged the independent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on Monday, accusing the 17 scientists of having conflicts of interest.
“A clean sweep is necessary to reestablish public confidence in vaccine science,” Kennedy said in a statement, “ACIP new members will prioritize public health and evidence-based medicine. The Committee will no longer function as a rubber stamp for industry profit-taking agendas.”
Adams urged Kennedy to replace the board with qualified scientists and not based on “politics” or “populism.” “As a physician and former U.S. Surgeon General, I am deeply concerned by the unprecedented decision to remove all 17 members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
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