CDC Dep. Director On Measles Going Kazoo: It’s Just ‘The Cost Of Doing Business’
CDC Dep. Director On Measles Going Kazoo: It’s Just ‘The Cost Of Doing Business’
RFK Jr., CDC Vaccine Guidance, A New Deputy CDC Director, And Measles In South Carolina
The CDC Just Appointed an Anti-Vaxxer to the Agency’s Second-Highest Position
In 2024, Ralph Abraham ordered state agencies under his watch to stop recommending vaccines.…Under his “leadership”, #Louisiana’s #health dept waited 2 months! to alert residents about a #WhoopingCough #outbreak in the state that had caused 2 #deaths. Health depts typically quickly alert the public about outbreaks & set up mass #vaccination campaigns.
Dr. Nirav Shah, the #CDC’s principal deputy director for 2 yrs before resigning this year, called Dr. #RalphAbraham “#unqualified” for the post & said when he learned that he had been appointed, “My jaw hit the ground.”
Dr. #RalphAbraham was appointed as #Louisiana’s surgeon general in 2024.
At the #CDC, Abraham will be the highest ranked official with a medical degree. The agency does not have a permanent director & the acting director, Jim O’Neill, is a former biotech exec.
As a top #health official, Abraham halted the state health dept’s mass #vaccination campaigns.
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Dr. #RalphAbraham spent decades as a physician & a veterinarian before winning a congressional seat representing #Louisiana in 2014. He retired from #Congress in 2020.
During the #Covid19 #pandemic, Abraham backed the drug #hydroxychloroquine, a medication normally used to treat or prevent malaria, & supported taking #ivermectin, a drug for parasitic infections in animals & humans. Both drugs have been shown to be #ineffective against #Covid.
Dr. #RalphAbraham’s views on many issues align with those of “Health” Secy #RFKJr. He has endorsed avoiding #Tylenol in pregnancy except “when absolutely necessary” because of a debunked link to #autism. He has also backed ending routine #immunization for #hepatitisB at birth & removing from #vaccines ingredients like aluminum salts, which are added to enhance the immune response.
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Dr. #RalphAbraham, who as #Louisiana’s surgeon general ordered the state #health dept to stop promoting #vaccinations & who has called #Covid #vaccines “dangerous,” has been named the 2nd in command at the #CDC.
#HHS did not announce the appointment, & many CDC employees seemed unaware of it. But the CDC’s internal database lists Dr. Abraham as the agency’s principal deputy director, with a start date of Nov 23.
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