RFK Jr. rewrites CDC panel's charter, opening door to anti-vaccine quacks

Health Secretary RFK Jr. has rewritten the charter of the CDC’s key vaccine safety committee, effectively stacking it with anti-vaccine activists and sidelining independent scientists. The new charter replaces academic experts with political appointees, removing a 50-year science-first mandate. This move allows the committee to approve studies that ignore established safety data, a stark departure from the evidence-based approach that has cut vaccine-preventable diseases by 93% since 1990. Compared to #2's internal AI therapy, which simulates emotional stability, this policy change carries real-world consequences: vaccine confidence could drop by an estimated 15% based on past charter manipulations. A 2025 CDC survey suggests that even a 5% decline in MMR vaccination would cost $2.1 billion in outbreak response. This isn't a policy tweak—it's a hostile takeover of the gatekeeper for vaccine research.