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California Brings Former CDC Staff On To Do The Work RFK Jr. Refuses To Do Nationally
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Somebody’s Lying: Susan Monarez’s Congressional Testimony Is 180 Degrees From RFK Jr.’s
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Fired #CDC Director Says #RFK Jr. Pressured Her to Blindly Approve #Vaccine Changes
#SusanMonarez told a #Senate committee that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demanded she dismiss career officials without cause—and accept vaccine recommendations regardless of whether #science backed them up.
#healthhttps://www.wired.com/story/susan-monarez-fired-cdc-director-senate-testimony/
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5 takeways on RFK Jr. and vaccine policy from former CDC director’s Senate testimony – The Washington Post
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Takeaways from fired CDC director’s Senate testimony
Susan Monarez told the Senate health committee that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pressured her to back changes to the childhood vaccine schedule.
Updated, September 17, 2025 at 3:05 p.m. EDT, 57 minutes ago, 9 min
Key moments from ex-CDC chief’s Senate testimony
2:14 — Senators pressed former CDC Director Susan Monarez on Sept. 17 about her dismissal under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Video: The Washington Post, Photo: Marvin Joseph / The Washington Post)By Rachel Roubein, Dan Diamond and Mariana Alfaro
Susan Monarez, who was fired last month as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told senators Wednesday that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pressured her to support changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, subverting the agency’s scientific expertise and endangering public health.
The former CDC chief who served in the position for only 29 days, told the Senate’s health committee that Kennedy told her that “he spoke to the president every day about changing the childhood vaccine schedule” and that she “needed to be on board” with coming changes in September. The recommendations from the CDC call for administering multiple vaccines at key milestones, and potential changes to the schedule have alarmed major medical associations who worry the nation’s vaccine infrastructure may crack.
Monarez’s testimony on Capitol Hill marks her first public appearance since the White House fired her in late August. She told the panel she was fired for “holding the line on scientific integrity,” citing concerns about her ability to continue leading the agency while “preserving evidence-based decision-making.”
Throughout the hearing, some senators critical of Kennedy, who has an extensive history of anti-vaccine advocacy, sought to highlight what they believe is at stake: the potential for infectious diseases to reemerge and erosion of trust in public health.Some Republican senators allied with Kennedy pressed Monarez on the details of her meetings with Kennedy, casting her as out of step with the Trump administration and suggesting she was not trustworthy.
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Dr. #SusanMonarez fmr #CDC chief described the tense meeting with #RFKJr that led to her firing.
Kennedy hurled insults about employees of the CDC, called the CDC, which he oversees, “the most corrupt federal agency in the world” & told her that “CDC employees were killing children.”
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#Democrat Sen #Alsobrooks of Maryland gave Dr. #SusanMonarez a chance to speak directly to parents. “#Vaccines are safe,” she responded. “They’re life saving, & I would encourage any parent who is concerned about whether or not their child should get a #vaccine to talk to their #pediatrician, to understand the benefits of these life saving medical products & to make the best decision that they can to make sure that their #children remain #healthy & happy, & can go to school & be safe.”
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FYI, @Nonilex is live posting the
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#Sycophants: 2 #Senate #Republicans sought to imply that Dr. #SusanMonarez had coordinated with “anti-Trump lawyers.” “Did you plan to coordinate this public spectacle surrounding your firing?” [she didn’t call the hearing FFS]. Senator #AshleyMoody asked, noting that Monarez called Senator Cassidy, the cmte’s chair, after #RFKJr attempted to push her out at the #CDC Monarez denied having such a plan.
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Dr. #SusanMonarez said #RFKJr was “very, very upset” & very animated (crazy) in their meetings.
Dr. Houry said that some members of the #CDC staff had removed their names from papers because they were scared of #violence in the wake of an August #shooting at the agency. Some experts will not be presenting at Thursday’s #vaccine committee meeting to protect them from being targeted, she said.
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Dr. #SusanMonarez catalogued a number #RFKJr #lies: “He said that #CDC employees were killing children & they don’t care. He said that CDC employees were bought by the pharmaceutical industry. He said CDC forced people to wear masks & social distance, like a dictatorship. And the one I think that hurt me the most was a particularly vivid phrase: He said during the Covid outbreak, CDC told hospitals to turn away sick Covid patients until they had blue lips before allowing them to get treatment.”
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Dr. #SusanMonarez testified that she was asked to sign off on recommendations related to the #Covid #vaccine without seeing the #data or #science underlying them.
Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat of Washington, said she found that “troubling & ironic, given what Secretary Kennedy said,” when he fired 17 members of the #CDC’s influential vaccine committee, calling them “little more than a rubber stamp.”
“That’s exactly what he wanted you to be,” Murray said.
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“I’m very nervous about it,” Dr. #SusanMonarez said about the #vaccine committee meeting scheduled for Thursday. The panel’s recommendations influence which #vaccines #HealthInsurance companies cover & which shots #children can get for #free through the #federal Vaccines for Children Program.
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Dr. #SusanMonarez said that if #vaccines became harder to access, she worried that preventable #diseases would surge back, & that children would be harmed. The #US has already seen a #measles resurgence this year, & #WhoopingCough cases are higher now than they were before the #Covid pandemic. Senator Cassidy posted an open letter on social media on Friday calling on #RFKJr to encourage #vaccination in the wake of a whooping cough outbreak in Louisiana, the state Cassidy reps.
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Dr. #SusanMonarez testified that #RFKJr told her the childhood vaccine schedule would change in September, and that “there was no science or evidence” behind the existing recommendations. Monarez said that he asked her to meet with Aaron Siri, a lawyer who has filed numerous lawsuits undercutting #vaccines.
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Dr. #SusanMonarez said she was fired for refusing to fire top vaccine officials without cause & for rejecting a request to sign off on #vaccine policy decisions by Kennedy’s handpicked advisers.
“I could have kept the office & the title, but I would have lost the one thing that cannot be replaced: my integrity,” Monarez said.
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Dr. #SusanMonarez raised concerns about a #vaccine panel that will meet on
Thurs, after #Health Secy #RFKJr fired all 17 members in June, eventually appointing others to take their place. “There is real risk that recommendations could be made restricting access to
#vaccines for #children & others in need without rigorous scientific review,” she said. The panel will discuss #Covid vaccines, the #hepatitisB vaccine & the #measles, #mumps, #rubella [#MMR] & #varicella vaccines.
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During the hearing, Democrats & Republicans are looking for any new light on the events surrounding firing of the #CDC’s Dr. #SusanMonarez, & on the efforts of #RFKJr to put his stamp on the country’s #vaccine policies. But she opened with a warning for senators:
“I want to be clear. Today should not be about me. Today should be about the future of trust in #PublicHealth.”
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#SusanMonarez, the former director of the #CDC, is set to tell a #Senate panel on Wednesday that she was fired “for holding the line on scientific integrity.”
Dr. Monarez will make her first detailed account of her ouster last month by *#Health* Secretary #RFKJr in prepared testimony obtained by NYT. In her comments, she will say she informed the health secretary that “if he believed he could not trust me, he could fire me.”
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Former #CDC Director #SusanMonarez will come before the #Senate next week for her first public appearance since she was pushed out of her position, sparking a back-&-forth with #HHS Secretary #RFKJr over his #vaccine policy agenda.
Monarez will be joined by Deb Houry, former chief #medical officer & deputy director for program & #science at CDC, who was 1 of 4 top CDC officials who resigned in protest after Monarez was ousted. The hearing will be on Sept. 17 at 10AM.
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Former #CDCPreventionDirector #SusanMonarez will come before the #Senate next week for her first public appearance since she was pushed out of her position, sparking a back-and-forth with #HealthandHumanServices Secretary #RFKJr. over his #vaccine policy agenda. abcnews.go.com/Politics/for...
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Chaos erupts as RFK Jr. Sabotages CDC
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Trump backs RFK Jr. in firing director Susan Monarez, triggering mass resignations by top scientists.Atlanta HQ rocked by vaccine violence while a Trump ally and Peter Thiel acolyte (with zero medical cred and ivermectin proponent) Jim O’Neill appointed to replace Monarez.
The CDC you knew is gone, facing total collapse 🤬
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-29-2025/
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I bet the 600 people fired from the CDC won’t forget Trump’s “American Workers First” banner hanging from the roof of the Labor Management building.
Trump’s administration sees RFK as their golden boy, but to logical people he’s simply an idiot illustrating the lunacy of Trump’s regime.White House defends Robert F Kennedy Jr amid CDC turmoil https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cedv3gg3x6xo
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Chaos At CDC As Trump Admin Ousts CDC Director After Only Weeks On The Job
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#RFK vire #SusanMonarez qui dirigeait le Centre de contrôle des maladies (ne cherchez pas d'où viendra la prochaine épidémie!)
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RFK Jr. Quackery Provokes Resignations
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Another opponent of Trump’s lunacy bites the dust.Lawyers representing Dr Monarez said her sacking was illegal, and alleged she was targeted by Kennedy because she refused "to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives".
The reason for her removal was that she was "not aligned with the president's agenda", the White House said in a statement.White House names RFK Jr deputy as replacement CDC director https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy3zjxy3dwo
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The #WhiteHouse SCRAMBLES over MAJOR resignations and sudden chaos after Trump makes an outrageous firing of #CDC head, #SusanMonarez, for disobeying orders to either resign or spread DANGEROUS #misinformation. #JohnIadarola breaks it down on @thedamagereport.bsky.social youtu.be/1H2sQVFKKRk?...
Trump Chaos ERUPTS In Major Re...