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The clear-out and reconstitution of the US Vaccine Committee.

The clear-out and reconstitution of the US Vaccine Committee.

Evidence-based medicine, gold-standard science, and common sense, says RFK Jr.

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RFK Jr. removes all Members of the CDC Vaccine Advisory Panel; He said a ‘clean sweep is necessary to reestablish public confidence in vaccine science.’

All 17 members of the committee advising the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention are being replaced.

As directed by President Trump’s Restoring the Gold Standard in Science executive order, new ACIP members must ensure that government scientific activities are informed by credible, reliable, and impartial scientific evidence.

Kennedy said. “ACIP's new members will prioritise public health and evidence-based medicine.”

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It has been quite some time since the TTE has experienced such a strong emphasis on EBM.

In a Wall Street Op-ed, RFK Jr. wrote, “Most of ACIP’s members have received substantial funding from pharmaceutical companies, including those marketing vaccines.” As a consequence, “public confidence is waning,” he said.

“Some would try to explain this away by blaming misinformation or anti-science attitudes. To do so, however,…

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