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Vice Minister Jim O’Neill should take over the health authority
After the dismissal of Susan Monarez, Jim O’Neill, a confidante of US Health Minister Kennedy Jr. What this means for vaccination policy in the USA.
US Health Minister Robert F. Kennedy has reportedly ordered a confidante to the head of the CDC health authority. Previously, Susan Monarez, appointed head of the head, had previously been released after a conflict with Kennedy. The White House determined Kennedy’s deputy Jim O’Neill as interim leader, the “Washington Post” reported, citing the decision.
Monarez had announced on Wednesday by lawyer that she would not withdraw and could only be terminated by US President Donald Trump. The government then ended its job, said a spokesman for the White House of the Washington Post. According to her lawyers, Monarez had refused to comply with Kennedy’s demands to dismiss experts in her committee. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) is responsible, among other things, for protection against infectious diseases in the United States.
After dismissal of Monarez: Experts leave CDC
Three high -ranking managers took their hat off in the course of Monarez. The “Wall Street Journal” quoted the previous medical CDC manager Debra Houry, she and her department head colleagues Demetre Daskalakis and Daniel Jernigan have increasingly had the feeling that the effects of Kennedy’s changes endangered the integrity of the authority. A turning point was reached this week – “enough was enough.”
With his deputy at the top, Minister of Health Kennedy Jr. does not have to expect great resistance in order to implement the vaccination policy he sought in the United States. The politician is considered a duties. He is accused of repeatedly scattering doubts about vaccinations. At the beginning of August, the Minister of Health deleted funds for the development of certain MRNA vaccines.
Jim O’Neill could decide on vaccination recommendations
As a director, O’Neill should significantly decide on the vaccination recommendations published by the CDC. According to Monarez, the entrepreneur is only the second leader of the authority that is not a doctor. According to the “Washington Post”, he has not yet noticed as a vaccination opponent – but as a Harscher critic of the CDC in Coronapandemic.
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Source: Stern
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