Doctors and health workers warn US is spiraling toward crisis

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Two of President Donald Trump’s key appointees are receiving strong criticism from members of the medical and scientific communities for their actions to harm public health in the United States.

On Monday, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. purged all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices who advised the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines. Kennedy is a longtime anti-vaccination conspiracy theorist who was installed in his position after only receiving Republican support in the Senate.

The decision is being slammed by doctors.

“I hate to say this, but we are heading in the direction of U.S. vaccine policy becoming the laughingstock of the globe,” Dr. Jonathan Temte, former chair of the panel, told NPR. Temte told the outlet that the panel has historically been seen as “the paragon of solid, well thought out, evidence-based vaccine policy.”

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/10/2327048/-Doctors-and-health-workers-warn-US-is-spiraling-toward-crisis

[Ilsa]

1. We won't have just a brain-drain, but a dearth of

hands-on medical professionals to treat patients. So many are inquiring about emigrating to Canada, Europe, etc. It will take months to get a doctor appointment for a physical.

[Silent Type]

2. Before long, drug companies will get to trump on vaccines. They make a lot of money off vaccines. Read today AMA

Read today AMA is calling for an investigation of Kennedy. That's pretty bold from a relatively conservative organization. Point is, I think Kennedy will be forced to back of some things.

AMA Calls for Senate Investigation of RFK Jr.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/ama/116001

[GopherGal]

3. If enemies of the US installed an imposter as Health Secretary in an attempt to get as many Americans killed as possible

how would such a person act any differently than RFK Jr?

Step 1: Dismantle most American medical research
Step 2: Stop any development on bird flu vaccine
Step 3: Dismantle vaccine advisory committee
Step 4: Contaminate food and drinking water

There may have been a tradition of public service in his family, but he seems intent upon befouling it.