Atlanta doctors and health experts are warning that public trust in vaccines will continue to erode, and will have long-lasting consequences, under U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
That’s after the Trump appointee’s decision to fire all members of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine advisory committee, and then name his own replacements, which include vaccine skeptics.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices holds three regular meetings each year to review scientific data and vote on vaccine recommendations.
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