The escalating dispute over Kennedy’s comprehensive overhaul of United States vaccine policy also prompted five other senior officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to announce their resignations according to a union representing some agency workers.
Monarez’s lawyers stated she would not step down because she had neither resigned nor received official White House notification regarding her dismissal.
“As her attorney’s statement makes abundantly clear, Susan Monarez is not aligned with the President’s agenda of Making America Healthy Again,“ White House spokesman Kush Desai said in an emailed statement to AFP.
Her lawyers countered that she “was notified tonight by a White House staffer in the personnel office that she was fired.”
“For this reason, we reject the notification Dr. Monarez has received as legally deficient and she remains as CDC Director.”
The Washington Post which first reported Monarez’s dismissal said Kennedy pressured her to resign after she refused to commit to supporting his vaccination policy changes.
“Many felt forced to walk away from the jobs they loved because politics left them no choice,“ the AFGE Local 2883 union said in a statement, adding: “Vaccines save lives.”
“I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies and materials that do not reflect scientific reality and are designed to hurt rather than to improve the public’s health,“ he wrote on X.
Since taking office, RFK Jr, as he is known, has overhauled US vaccine policy, dismissing renowned immunization experts, restricting access to Covid-19 shots and slashing funding for the development of new vaccines.
After earning US Senate confirmation for the top CDC job, Monarez was sworn in by Kennedy on July 31.
Hundreds of health agency employees and former employees subsequently signed an open letter condemning Kennedy’s actions and accusing the health secretary of putting people at risk by spreading misinformation, particularly about vaccines. – AFP
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