#RFKJr names 8 #vaccine committee replacements, including #COVID shot critic

*#Health* Secy Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday named 8 new vaccine policy advisers to replace the panel that he abruptly dismissed earlier this week.

They include a scientist who researched mRNA vaccine tech & transformed into a *conservative* darling for his criticisms of COVID-19 #vaccines, & a leading critic of #pandemic-era lockdowns.

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https://apnews.com/article/cdc-acip-vaccine-committee-9f58e1f004075b081718ff078de88d76

#RFKJr’s decision to “retire” the previous 17-member panel was widely decried by doctors’ groups & #PublicHealth orgs, who feared the advisers would be replaced by a group aligned w/RFKJr’s desire to *reassess*—& possibly end—longstanding #vaccination recommendations.

The new appointees to the Advisory Cmte on #Immunization Practices [#ACIP] include Dr. #RobertMalone, the fmr mRNA researcher who emerged as a close adviser to RFKJr in the #measles #outbreak.

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Malone, who runs a *wellness* institute & a popular blog, rose to popularity during the #COVID-19 #pandemic as he relayed #ConspiracyTheories around the #outbreak & the #vaccines that followed. He has appeared on podcasts & other *conservative* news outlets where he’s promoted unproven & alternative treatments for #measles & COVID-19.

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He has claimed that millions of Americans were HYPNOTIZED into taking the #COVID-19 shots [FFS]. He’s even suggested that those #vaccines cause a form of #AIDS. He’s downplayed deaths related to one of the largest #measles #outbreaks in the US in years.

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Other appointees include Dr. Martin Kulldorff, a biostatistician & epidemiologist who was a co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, an Oct 2020 letter maintaining that #pandemic shutdowns were causing irreparable harm.

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