The US’s top public health agency was plunged into chaos on Wednesday after the Trump administration moved to oust its leader Susan Monarez, sworn in less than a month ago, as her lawyers said she would not resign and that she was being “targeted” for her pro-science stance.
Monarez, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), was ousted on Wednesday evening, according to a statement from Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that offered no explanation its decision.
Monarez, who was confirmed by the Senate just last month, appeared to have run afoul of Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, after she declined to support sweeping changes to US vaccine policies, according to reporting from the Washington Post and the New York Times.
I know nothing about Monarez, Did Trump’s people not vet her before nomination? Or was she so naive as to not understand they were going to come for things that help even her family and she finally made the connection?
It would appear that she is refusing to listen to RFK jr spount worm science as fact and fire qualified staff, she’s the hero we need.
Likely, she was the worst they could come up with that still passed the Senate’s vetting process, and they assumed RFKjr could steamroll her.