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Among the eight people Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced would make up his new group of outside vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are an emergency physician who posted Islamophobic commentary on social media and two doctors who were paid to provide expert testimony in trials against a vaccine maker.
Some say the rush to categorize Martin Kulldorff underscores the intense polarization of public science that continues unabated.
A day after abruptly firing a key vaccine panel, RFK Jr. said he would reconstitute it with “highly credentialed" experts amid backlash.
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Offit has served on committees that advise the federal government on the use of vaccines. Earlier this week, Kennedy ignited controversy for dismissing all the members of one advising the CDC.
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