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More than 1,000 current and former employees of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) signed a letter about the HHS secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. Resigned on Wednesday.
Employees cite Susan Monarez, a director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), who recently ousted Susan Monarez. They also accuse Kennedy of appointing a “political thinker” to an authoritative position.
“We believe that health policy should be based on strong evidence-based principles, not partisan politics. However, under Kennedy’s secretary, HHS policy is putting the health of all Americans at risk, regardless of their politics.”
“If he refuses to resign, we call on the President and Congress to appoint new Secretary of Health and Human Services whose qualifications and experience ensure health policy is informed scientifically by independent and unbiased peer review. We hope that when Americans’ health is threatened, our leaders will take action,” the letter continues. ”
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services. (Getty Image)
HHS did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
The letter came a few days after the Senate. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. , also called on Kennedy to resign, citing his actions at the CDC. Less than a month after the Trump administration announced the evacuation of Monarez last week, she rejected Kennedy’s instructions to adopt new vaccine availability restrictions, including approval for the Covid-19-19 vaccine.
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Four other CDC officials resigned in protest after Monarez ousted Kennedy’s anti-vaccine policy. Hundreds of workers at the agency also walked out of the CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta to support their former colleagues.
I-Vt. Senator Bernie Sanders called on Kennedy to resign earlier this week. (Joe Maher)
Sanders wrote in the New York Times that Kennedy is “this is now and in the future” and accused the secretary of firing Monares for her refusal to “act as a rubber stamp for her dangerous policies.”
“Despite overwhelming opposition from the medical community, Secretary Kennedy has been a long-standing crusade for vaccines and advocacy for conspiracy theories that have been repeatedly rejected by scientific experts,” Sanders wrote.
“It’s ridiculous to say that in 2025, but the vaccine is safe and effective,” he added. “Of course, this is not only my point of view. More importantly, it’s an overwhelming consensus among the medical and scientific communities.”
Trump administration defends Monares’ removal with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt The president has the right to “fire those who do not meet the task”, said Thursday.
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“President and Secretary Kennedy has been committed to strengthening our public health system and restoring it to the core mission of protecting Americans from infectious diseases to prevent, detect and respond to future threats, to restore our public health system and to the core of protecting Americans.
Landon Mion of Fox News contributes to the report
