> Monarez, a longtime federal government scientist, was sworn in on July 31.
> President Donald Trump nominated Monarez after withdrawing his first pick to lead the CDC, former Republican congressman Dave Weldon, hours before his confirmation hearing.
Logistically / organizationally, what has to go wrong for the administration to nominate her, have her in place for less than a month, and then remove her? Like, before you send someone through confirmation, do you have a quick conversation to confirm, "I want to do X, I have expectations Y" etc and confirm that they're onboard? It sounds like Monarez wasn't willing to be a loyal obedient servant, and good for her -- but could the Trump administration really not determine that in advance?
Or was she put in that position for the purpose of being fired, just for the news story, and this is all going to plan?
The physicians in my life - including my spouse - have essentially all abandoned the CDC and FDA as a source of decision-making on vaccines and pharmaceuticals, except for what is required by law.
Other sources of guidance, such as the American Academy of Pediatrics' immunization schedule[0] and the WHO recommendations[1] are gaining prominence instead.
If you are an opponent of vaccines or a supporter of "MAHA", who is happy with what the CDC/FDA is doing, you might want to consider that the way they're doing it has utterly failed to convince the vast majority of people who are responsible for actually executing their guidance, and therefore will have limited impact.
As I am neither of those things, I am just glad these other options exist.
(And no, I am not looking to debate vaccines or whatever else with you. I'm making a point about how fringe movements who get into power then have to solve the same problems the powerful movements did originally.)
> The physicians in my life - including my spouse - have essentially all abandoned the CDC and FDA as a source of decision-making
Same here.
And personally, as someone who isn't in the medical field in any way, what's been done to these agencies has removed pretty much all trust I have in their recommendations. They look like they are being run by political hacks for political purposes now, and actively disregard things like evidence and truth.
I am trying to figure out what this means for me as a very pro vax person who is healthy - until I get any type of respiratory viral infection and my immune system over reacts.
Covid vaccines seem like they are going to be more of a pain to get because I will have to go to a doctor instead of the pharmacist. Flu and pneumonia vaccines don’t seem to be affected yet.
I am paying more attention to other country’s health departments since you can no longer trust the US.
On the other hand, the US was one of the last countries to admit that the COVID vaccines - especially the non mRNA variants effectiveness wore off. I got a booster off label a couple of months before it was officially recommended in the US based on credible evidence from other country’s health departments
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 40.9 ms ] thread> President Donald Trump nominated Monarez after withdrawing his first pick to lead the CDC, former Republican congressman Dave Weldon, hours before his confirmation hearing.
Is this a record from confirmation to firing?
Or was she put in that position for the purpose of being fired, just for the news story, and this is all going to plan?
Other sources of guidance, such as the American Academy of Pediatrics' immunization schedule[0] and the WHO recommendations[1] are gaining prominence instead.
If you are an opponent of vaccines or a supporter of "MAHA", who is happy with what the CDC/FDA is doing, you might want to consider that the way they're doing it has utterly failed to convince the vast majority of people who are responsible for actually executing their guidance, and therefore will have limited impact.
As I am neither of those things, I am just glad these other options exist.
[0] https://publications.aap.org/redbook/resources/15585/AAP-Imm... [1] https://www.who.int/teams/immunization-vaccines-and-biologic...
(And no, I am not looking to debate vaccines or whatever else with you. I'm making a point about how fringe movements who get into power then have to solve the same problems the powerful movements did originally.)
Same here.
And personally, as someone who isn't in the medical field in any way, what's been done to these agencies has removed pretty much all trust I have in their recommendations. They look like they are being run by political hacks for political purposes now, and actively disregard things like evidence and truth.
Covid vaccines seem like they are going to be more of a pain to get because I will have to go to a doctor instead of the pharmacist. Flu and pneumonia vaccines don’t seem to be affected yet.
I am paying more attention to other country’s health departments since you can no longer trust the US.
On the other hand, the US was one of the last countries to admit that the COVID vaccines - especially the non mRNA variants effectiveness wore off. I got a booster off label a couple of months before it was officially recommended in the US based on credible evidence from other country’s health departments
This way maybe a real scientist will need to step in from the ranks instead of a Trump lackey.
The only hope we have here is if Trump is following the advice of RFK Jr. personally as closely as possible.