Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told lawmakers on Wednesday that Dr. Erica Schwartz, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, would be able to make independent vaccine decisions if confirmed.
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy (R-La.) stated, “There are currently political appointees at CDC who have worked to undermine trust in immunizations.”
He pressed Kennedy to ensure that Schwartz would “have the right to make decisions independently of those political appointees.” Kennedy said she would.
Just one day earlier, during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing, Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.) had posed nearly the same question….