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"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, long considered the nation’s –
if not the world’s – premier public health organization, is mired in a crisis
that not only threatens Americans’ health but also its very survival as a
leading public health institution.
The degree of this crisis was on full display during Health and Human Services
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Sept. 4, 2025, testimony before the U.S.
Senate.
In the hearing, Kennedy openly criticized CDC professionals’ response to the
COVID-19 pandemic, saying “the people at CDC who oversaw that process, who put
masks on our children, who closed our schools, are the people who will be
leaving.”
Kennedy’s hearing came on the heels of a contentious week in which Kennedy
fired the CDC’s director, Susan Monarez, spurring 12 members of the Senate
Finance Committee – including 11 Democrats and independent Bernie Sanders – to
call on Kennedy to resign from his position.
At least four top CDC leaders resigned following Monarez’s ouster, citing
pressure from Kennedy to depart from recommendations based on sound scientific
evidence.
I am a teaching professor and public health professional. Like many of my
colleagues, the disruption happening at the CDC in recent months has left me
scrambling to find alternate credible sources of health information and feeling
deeply concerned for the future of public health."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
