The Powerful Vaccine Committee RFK Jr. Could Soon Control

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If the Senate confirms Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a vaccine skeptic — to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, he would control a powerful group of federal vaccine advisors.

Guests:

Ron Balajadia, Hawaii Department of Health immunization branch chief

Dorit Reiss, University of California, San Francisco, professor of public health law 

Dr. Sarah Long, former member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and Drexel University, professor of pediatric infectious disease

Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Richard Hughes IV, attorney with Epstein Becker Green 

Per Fischer, CEO, MinervaX

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