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(DIR) Post #AyIhVA8RHuuXsIzd2m by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-17T15:01:02Z
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During the hearing, Democrats & Republicans are looking for any new light on the events surrounding firing of the #CDC’s Dr. #SusanMonarez, & on the efforts of #RFKJr to put his stamp on the country’s #vaccine policies. But she opened with a warning for senators:“I want to be clear. Today should not be about me. Today should be about the future of trust in #PublicHealth.”
(DIR) Post #AyIhuedb18driTioy0 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-17T15:05:38Z
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Dr. #SusanMonarez raised concerns about a #vaccine panel that will meet onThurs, after #Health Secy #RFKJr fired all 17 members in June, eventually appointing others to take their place. “There is real risk that recommendations could be made restricting access to#vaccines for #children & others in need without rigorous scientific review,” she said. The panel will discuss #Covid vaccines, the #hepatitisB vaccine & the #measles, #mumps, #rubella [#MMR] & #varicella vaccines.#PublicHealth #Trump
(DIR) Post #AyIi2CabBUK12hv2Gm by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-17T15:07:01Z
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Dr. #SusanMonarez said she was fired for refusing to fire top vaccine officials without cause & for rejecting a request to sign off on #vaccine policy decisions by Kennedy’s handpicked advisers.“I could have kept the office & the title, but I would have lost the one thing that cannot be replaced: my integrity,” Monarez said.#PublicHealth #science #medicine #CDC #vaccines #Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #HealthyIfYoureWealthy
(DIR) Post #AyIi88xLbZB5VpOOoq by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-17T15:08:04Z
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Dr. #SusanMonarez testified that #RFKJr told her the childhood vaccine schedule would change in September, and that “there was no science or evidence” behind the existing recommendations. Monarez said that he asked her to meet with Aaron Siri, a lawyer who has filed numerous lawsuits undercutting #vaccines.#PublicHealth #science #medicine #CDC #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #HealthyIfYoureWealthy
(DIR) Post #AyIiK4UY1tpt8nbqfQ by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-17T15:10:14Z
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Siri rose to prominence late last year as a close adviser to #RFKJr, who had previously petitioned the #FDA to remove its approval of the standalone #polio #vaccine. The issue became a flashpoint in Kennedy’s confirmation & Siri has kept a lower profile since then.Dr. Monarez’s testimony demonstrates the unusual extent to which Kennedy, the nation’s loudest vaccine critic, inserted himself into vaccine policy.#PublicHealth #science #medicine #CDC #vaccines #Trump #disinformation #eugenics
(DIR) Post #AyIiW7fi23cOTjZoH2 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-17T15:12:24Z
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There was a spat just a few minutes ago on changing the committee rules to swear in witnesses. Senators Bill Cassidy & Susan Collins opened the door to swear in Dr. Monarez & Dr. Houry, a move that could have given their testimony added credibility — though as the chairman pointed out: “It’s against the #law to lie to #Congress anyway.”#PublicHealth #science #medicine #CDC #vaccines #Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #HealthyIfYoureWealthy
(DIR) Post #AyIiY42CWguZmF1SzY by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-17T15:12:47Z
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But Senator Bernie Sanders rejected the attempt, noting that #RFKJr was not sworn in when he testified to the #Senate Finance Cmte earlier this month, during which Kennedy called Monarez a liar & offered a different account of the events leading up to her dismissal. In a “highly politicized moment,” the top Democrat argued, it was “extremely unfair” to the witnesses to suddenly change the rules.#PublicHealth #science #medicine #CDC #vaccines #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics
(DIR) Post #AyIimMtLDFreJchPpQ by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-17T15:15:18Z
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Dr. #SusanMonarez said that if #vaccines became harder to access, she worried that preventable #diseases would surge back, & that children would be harmed. The #US has already seen a #measles resurgence this year, & #WhoopingCough cases are higher now than they were before the #Covid pandemic. Senator Cassidy posted an open letter on social media on Friday calling on #RFKJr to encourage #vaccination in the wake of a whooping cough outbreak in Louisiana, the state Cassidy reps.#PublicHealth
(DIR) Post #AyIixCwmWhuIetTeUK by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-17T15:17:17Z
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“I’m very nervous about it,” Dr. #SusanMonarez said about the #vaccine committee meeting scheduled for Thursday. The panel’s recommendations influence which #vaccines #HealthInsurance companies cover & which shots #children can get for #free through the #federal Vaccines for Children Program.#PublicHealth #science #medicine #CDC #Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #HealthyIfYoureWealthy
(DIR) Post #AyIj77ZJNXYUsCE5my by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-17T15:19:06Z
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Dr. Houry, the #CDC’s former chief #medical officer, said she learned of the updated #Covid #vaccine recommendations announced by #RFKJr “on social media”🤦🏼♀️. She said she had asked for a written memorandum & supporting scientific data,because “I couldn’t implement guidance based on a tweet.” But the #data, she said, was not forthcoming.#PublicHealth #science #medicine #CDC #vaccines #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #HealthyIfYoureWealthy
(DIR) Post #AyIjNAEpDlNbmnIHUu by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-17T15:22:00Z
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Dr. #SusanMonarez testified that she was asked to sign off on recommendations related to the #Covid #vaccine without seeing the #data or #science underlying them.Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat of Washington, said she found that “troubling & ironic, given what Secretary Kennedy said,” when he fired 17 members of the #CDC’s influential vaccine committee, calling them “little more than a rubber stamp.”“That’s exactly what he wanted you to be,” Murray said.#PublicHealth #Trump #RFKJr
(DIR) Post #AyIjTWK61Rhi1En3Pk by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-17T15:23:09Z
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Dr. Houry recounted having to rapidly respond to Kennedy’s false statements disparaging #vaccines.🤯 “He said things like ‘vaccines had fetal parts,’ and I had to send a note to our leadership team to correct that misinformation,” Houry said.#PublicHealth #science #medicine #CDC #vaccines #Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #HealthyIfYoureWealthy
(DIR) Post #AyIk3kFphgpNeQ4Mam by FinchHaven@sfba.social
2025-09-17T15:29:41Z
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@Nonilex "“He said things like ‘vaccines had fetal parts..."This is the ancient #FarRight #AntiVax trope that #mRNA #Vaccines contain -- to this day -- aborted fetus body partsIt's a lieIt's always been a lie, and yet it persists today in a separate world of lies and hallucination#RFKjr
(DIR) Post #AyImKXu34wcEAv1EfI by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-17T15:55:07Z
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Dr. #SusanMonarez catalogued a number #RFKJr #lies: “He said that #CDC employees were killing children & they don’t care. He said that CDC employees were bought by the pharmaceutical industry. He said CDC forced people to wear masks & social distance, like a dictatorship. And the one I think that hurt me the most was a particularly vivid phrase: He said during the Covid outbreak, CDC told hospitals to turn away sick Covid patients until they had blue lips before allowing them to get treatment.”
(DIR) Post #AyImZyWkNBbp5mTdi4 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-17T15:57:56Z
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Dr. #SusanMonarez said #RFKJr was “very, very upset” & very animated (crazy) in their meetings.Dr. Houry said that some members of the #CDC staff had removed their names from papers because they were scared of #violence in the wake of an August #shooting at the agency. Some experts will not be presenting at Thursday’s #vaccine committee meeting to protect them from being targeted, she said.#PublicHealth #science #medicine #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #HealthyIfYoureWealthy
(DIR) Post #AyIpPb2R9IPvD32gjo by franciswashere@mastodon.social
2025-09-17T16:29:38Z
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@Nonilex "Vaccines have fetal parts"?
(DIR) Post #AyIrPqKAW2aYWha7Jw by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-17T16:52:07Z
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Who Makes Decisions About #Vaccine Policy Now?#RFKJr has hired longtime vaccine safety skeptics (#AntiVaxxers) & *scientists* who are critical of #Covid jabs & mandates to make #immunization policy decisions for Americans [#MAGA & #libertarians]#PublicHealth #science #medicine #CDC #vaccines #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #HealthyIfYoureWealthy https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/16/health/vaccines-rfk-jr-cdc-fda.html
(DIR) Post #AyIraVTaMvsN3K4TGi by hosford42@techhub.social
2025-09-17T16:54:01Z
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@Nonilex Interesting. Every one of them looks like someone I would trust with my life. /s
(DIR) Post #AyIsKEhn3SkIMLWLVQ by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-17T17:02:19Z
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The #Covid #vaccine keeps coming up. #RFKJr has repeatedly said healthy #children do not need Covid jabs & claimed the #virus does not pose a serious risk to them. While most children recover quickly from Covid, even those w/o underlying #health conditions can become very sick, & >1 million children in the #US have developed #LongCovid. Babies are at particular risk from the virus: Oct 2022–April 2024, young infants were more likely to be hospitalized than any other age group but adults 75+.
(DIR) Post #AyIsd3PjGAi2qH2tsG by ChrisHolladay@mastodon.social
2025-09-17T17:05:41Z
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@Nonilex Some cluelees Mar A Lago bimbo on QVC?
(DIR) Post #AyItuJH7dpdauaoPh2 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-17T17:20:02Z
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#Sycophants: 2 #Senate #Republicans sought to imply that Dr. #SusanMonarez had coordinated with “anti-Trump lawyers.” “Did you plan to coordinate this public spectacle surrounding your firing?” [she didn’t call the hearing FFS]. Senator #AshleyMoody asked, noting that Monarez called Senator Cassidy, the cmte’s chair, after #RFKJr attempted to push her out at the #CDC Monarez denied having such a plan.#PublicHealth #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #HealthyIfYoureWealthy
(DIR) Post #AyItzugdyPEYOEQC9I by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-17T17:21:01Z
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Pressed by Moody, Monarez declined to introduce her lawyers to the cmte. She has retained Mark Zaid & #AbbeLowell, DC lawyers who have for years represented #whistleblowers & fmr #Trump admin ofcls who were suddenly dismissed or who left their positions due to #ethics concerns.Cassidy said it was “entirely appropriate” for Trump admin ofcls to contact members of #Congress with #oversight concerns.#PublicHealth #CDC #vaccines #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics
(DIR) Post #AyIu3XJinrab4IQZ9s by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-17T17:21:42Z
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Senator #MarkwayneMullin, #Republican of Oklahoma, then accused the witness of having “an honestly issue,” & repeatedly questioned when she first spoke with the lawyers. Monarez replied that she did not “recall the specific time or day.”“I think I could recall when I hired an attorney,” Mullin said. “And I could definitely recall the time I did it.”#PublicHealth #science #medicine #CDC #vaccines #Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #HealthyIfYoureWealthy
(DIR) Post #AyIuM0TZ88noiOq5y4 by oldclumsy_nowmad@mastodon.social
2025-09-17T17:25:01Z
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@Nonilex SOMEBODY sure has an honesty issue. Mr. Mullin is an outstanding member of the dishonesty team.
(DIR) Post #AyIuMHKGTySoyTcPKa by ChrisHolladay@mastodon.social
2025-09-17T17:25:03Z
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@Nonilex He is beyond fucking crazy.People like him need to be institutionalized....permanently.
(DIR) Post #AyIwCUcAQ7BrCXSBpA by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-17T17:45:42Z
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#Democrat Sen #Alsobrooks of Maryland gave Dr. #SusanMonarez a chance to speak directly to parents. “#Vaccines are safe,” she responded. “They’re life saving, & I would encourage any parent who is concerned about whether or not their child should get a #vaccine to talk to their #pediatrician, to understand the benefits of these life saving medical products & to make the best decision that they can to make sure that their #children remain #healthy & happy, & can go to school & be safe.”#RFKJr
(DIR) Post #AyIwKE7Fe5fULegHHE by mildpeach@mstdn.social
2025-09-17T17:47:04Z
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@Nonilex of course, this id one of those warped logic things where if the child does get sick then they must not have been healthy...
(DIR) Post #AyIwNXScBBZ3DHFjXM by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-17T17:47:44Z
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Dr. Houry, the fmr #CDC medical director, cited the #deaths of #children during a #measles outbreak in Texas & called for #RFKJr to resign. A number of medical groups & Democrat lawmakers have issued the same call in recent weeks.“Seeing what he has asked our scientists to do & compromise our integrity & the children that have died under his watch, I think he should resign.”#PublicHealth #science #medicine #vaccines #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #HealthyIfYoureWealthy
(DIR) Post #AyIwZMRYxxG6WHOkAC by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-17T17:49:52Z
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Sen Cassidy closed by drawing on his experience as a doctor who treated liver #diseases to explain why newborns receive the #hepatitisB #vaccine, pointing out that around 90% of babies infected at birth develop life-long cases of the disease. He called the documented reductions in hepatitis B cases as “an accomplishment to Make America Healthy Again,” using the #RFKJr slogan to champion a vaccine the *#health* secy has called into question.#PublicHealth #vaccines #Trump #ConspiracyTheories
(DIR) Post #AyIwpDzEB1GivLi0bw by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-17T17:52:44Z
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Dr. #SusanMonarez fmr #CDC chief described the tense meeting with #RFKJr that led to her firing.Kennedy hurled insults about employees of the CDC, called the CDC, which he oversees, “the most corrupt federal agency in the world” & told her that “CDC employees were killing children.”#PublicHealth #science #medicine #vaccines #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #HealthyIfYoureWealthy
(DIR) Post #AyIxASlyOgCkrcdWIS by ariaflame@masto.ai
2025-09-17T17:56:35Z
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@Nonilex One is. It's him isn't it?
(DIR) Post #AyIzvtvNSuIEalmc88 by notthatkindofdoctor@mastodon.social
2025-09-17T18:27:32Z
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@Nonilex So your child can be safe and live long enough to die in a school shooting
(DIR) Post #AyJKjwbLmhlwSOYUq0 by six_grandfathers_mountain@mastodon.social
2025-09-17T22:20:33Z
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@Nonilex "I could have kept the office, the title, but I would have lost the one thing that cannot be replaced. My Integrity" #SusanMonarezNicolle Wallace (and # MollyJong Fast) on Deadline White House #MSNBC Wed Sep 17 2025Former #CDC Susan Monarez fired by #HHS #RFKjr speaking out about what she saw on the job as a result of the takeover of HHS and the consequences that exist having him in that role.See ALT more text