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CDC director being ousted weeks into job
Susan Monarez, a longtime federal government scientist, was confirmed by the Senate in late July to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Susan Monarez, the newly installed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is being ousted weeks after she was confirmed to lead the public health agency, according to multiple administration officials familiar with the matter.
The White House and Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees CDC, did not immediately respond to requests for comments. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive personnel matter.
President Donald Trump had nominated Monarez, a longtime federal government scientist, after withdrawing his first pick, former Republican congressman Dave Weldon, who was criticized for his views on vaccines and autism. Monarez was confirmed in July.
Monarez had scheduled an agencywide call Monday, but that was canceled Friday, according to several CDC employees who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters.
The agency had been reeling from a gunman’s Aug. 8 attack on its Atlanta headquarters, forcing hundreds of workers into lockdown and leaving a police officer dead. The shooting suspect was frustrated by the coronavirus vaccine and blamed it for his health problems, according to law enforcement officials, neighbors and his father.
Trump has not publicly addressed the shooting.
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>CDC Director Susan Monarez Ousted After Less Than One Month on the Job
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String of top CDC officials tender resignations after Monarez's departure
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The four officials were identified as
Dr. Debra Houry, the CDC's chief medical officer;
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases;
Dr. Daniel Jernigan, the director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases; and
Dr. Jen Layden, director of the Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance and Technology.
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String of top CDC officials tender resignations after Monarez's departure
The four senior officials who resigned in the former director's wake largely credited an alleged weaponization of the CDC and a spread of "misinformation" regarding vaccinations as the reason for their exits.
Multiple senior Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials tendered their resignations on Wednesday, after CDC Director Susan Monarez left the agency for unknown reasons.
The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Monarez's sudden departure, which occurred less than one month into her tenure. It is not clear if she was fired or exited the agency voluntarily, but multiple news reports claim she was removed.
The four senior officials who resigned in the former director's wake largely credited an alleged weaponization of the health agency and a spread of "misinformation" regarding vaccinations as the reason for their exits.
The four officials were identified as Dr. Debra Houry, the CDC's chief medical officer; Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases; Dr. Daniel Jernigan, the director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases; and Dr. Jen Layden, director of the Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance and Technology.
“For the good of the nation and the world, the science at CDC should never be censored or subject to political paused or interpretations. Vaccines save lives — this is an indisputable, well-established, scientific fact,” Houry wrote in her resignation letter, The Hill reported.
“Recently, the overstating of risks and the rise of misinformation have cost lives, as demonstrated by the highest number of U.S. measles cases in 30 years and the violent attack on our agency," she added.
The departures also come on the same day that the Food and Drug Administration rescinded emergency use authorizations for COVID-19 vaccines.
"I promised 4 things: 1. to end covid vaccine mandates. 2. to keep vaccines available to people who want them, especially the vulnerable. 3. to demand placebo-controlled trials from companies. 4. to end the emergency," HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr posted on X. "In a series of FDA actions today we accomplished all four goals."
Kennedy and Trump have not yet commented on any of the departures.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/health/string-top-cdc-officials-tender-resignations-after-monarezs-departure
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