After anti-vaccine advocate and US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 experts who sat on a revered federal vaccine panel and restocked it with eight dubious members, a growing chorus of lawmakers, health experts, and public advocates are calling for a pivotal meeting scheduled for Wednesday to be scrapped and for the panel to be"dissolved" and remade with qualified members.
After anti-vaccine advocate and US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 experts who sat on a revered federal vaccine panel and restocked it with eight dubious members, a growing chorus of lawmakers, health experts, and public advocates are calling for a pivotal meeting scheduled for Wednesday to be scrapped and for the panel to be"dissolved" and remade with qualified members.
On June 9, Kennedy unilaterally cleaned out the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP). Though vetting for the committee has historically taken up to two years, Kenney announced the eight new members two days later. Some of the members are clear anti-vaccine activists, others have espoused contrarian or anti-public health perspectives, and some also have little to no relevant expertise for being on ACIP.
6月9日，肯尼迪单方面清理了疾病控制与预防咨询委员会免疫实践咨询委员会（ACIP）。尽管对委员会的审查历史上最多需要两年，但肯尼在两天后宣布了八个新成员。一些成员是明确的反疫苗活动家，其他成员则拥护逆势或反公共健康的观点，而有些人也几乎没有与ACIP有关的专业知识。
"[T]he reconstituted ACIP is a farce," Robert Steinbrook, a director at consumer rights watchdog Public Citizen, said in a statement."Rather than further sullying the ACIP and undermining public confidence in vaccines, this week’s meeting should be rescheduled after the Senate has confirmed a new CDC Director who can both appoint an authoritative and representative committee and be able to approve the panel’s recommendations."
消费者权利监管机构公民公民的董事罗伯特·斯坦布鲁克（Robert Steinbrook）在一份声明中说：“他重组了ACIP是一场闹剧。”“在参议院确认新的疾病预防控制中心董事之后，本周的会议应重新安排，与其进一步弥补公众对疫苗的信心，不如重新安排本周的会议，他既可以任命一个权威和代表委员会，又可以批准该小组的建议。”
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)—a medical doctor who champions vaccines yet provided critical support for Kennedy's confirmation as health secretary despite personal concerns—was among the notable figures calling for ACIP's meeting to be canceled for now.
参议员比尔·卡西迪（Bill Cassidy）（R-LA） - 尽管个人担忧，但肯尼迪（Kennedy）的卫生部长确认尚未为肯尼迪（Kennedy）确认的重要支持，这是众所周知的，呼吁暂时取消ACIP会议的著名人物。
In one of his most critical statements against Kennedy since his confirmation, Cassidy wrote on social media late Monday that many of the new ACIP members"do not have significant experience studying microbiology, epidemiology or immunology. In particular, some lack experience studying new technologies such as mRNA vaccines, and may even have a preconceived bias against them."
卡西迪（Cassidy）在周一晚些时候在社交媒体上在社交媒体上写道，在他对肯尼迪（Kennedy）自确认以来的最关键言论之一中，许多新的ACIP成员“没有研究微生物学，流行病学或免疫学的丰富经验。特别是有些人缺乏研究新技术的经验，例如MRNA疫苗等新技术，甚至可能具有对他们的先入为主的偏见。”
