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RFK Jr. Just Replaced the Experts Guiding U.S. Vaccines. Now What?
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The Health and Human Services chief’s latest action on vaccinations is unprecedented, and quickly drew condemnation from medical groups who said his dismissal of the vaccine advisory committee put public health at risk. Here’s why the members of that committee are so important.
Guest:
Ron Balajadia, Hawaii Department of Health immunization branch chief
Dorit Reiss, University of California, San Francisco, professor of public health law
Dr. Sarah Long, former member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and Drexel University, professor of pediatric infectious disease
Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Richard Hughes IV, attorney with Epstein Becker Green
Per Fischer, CEO, MinervaX
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