"He criticized CDC recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic tied to lockdowns and masking policies, and claimed - wrongly - that they "failed to do anything about the disease itself." "The people who at CDC who oversaw that process, who put masks on our children, who closed our schools, are the people who will be leaving," Kennedy said. He later said they deserved to be fired for not doing enough to control chronic disease."
"The ousted director, Susan Monarez, wrote in The Wall Street Journal on Thursday that Kennedy was trying to weaken public health protections. "I was told to preapprove the recommendations of a vaccine advisory panel newly filled with people who have publicly expressed antivaccine rhetoric," Monarez wrote. "It is imperative that the panel's recommendations aren't rubber-stamped but instead are rigorously and scientifically reviewed before being accepted or rejected." Kennedy told senators he didn't make such an ultimatum."
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a Senate committee that CDC leaders who left the agency deserved to be fired. He criticized CDC pandemic recommendations tied to lockdowns and masking and claimed they failed to address the disease itself. Kennedy said those who oversaw mask mandates and school closures would be leaving and later added they deserved firing for not controlling chronic disease. Democrats and some Republicans challenged Kennedy, alleging he stacked a vaccine advisory committee with skeptics and conspiracy theorists. The CDC director's firing and multiple resignations have left the agency in turmoil and raised concerns about weakening public health protections.
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