“The Americans should feel anxious”: Experts say that the loss of experience in the center of diseases control will harm us health | American health care
AThe American Centers for Combating and Prevention (CDC) is facing an unprecedented loss of experience and the erosion of confidence at one time as senior health leaders undermine vaccines and vital sanitary ware.
“The Americans should feel anxious,” said Nairrav Shah, a former CDC’s former deputy director, is now a visiting professor at Colby College. “All of these moves leave us less safe, and come at a time of high public health threats.”
Project 2025, the conservative plan for the second Trump administration, pledged to strip the center of diseases control of its ability to issue guidelines on vaccines and end the required test for new pathogens.
Changes in US health will be felt for decades, and the discounts and changes will already lead to the public Confidence In health officials, experts say.
“The loss of experienced experts in the management of decisive units at the Center for Disease Control will all put us at risk,” said Dorit Reese, a law professor at the University of California Law Faculty in Himings.
Shah said that the departure of four senior officials – Debra Horte, Dimter Dasklakis, Daniel Generangan and Jennifer Lyden – dealt with a “great blow to our health preparedness.”
They joined thousands of employees of the health agency who were demobilized or resigned, as the entire administrations have been destroyed, since Donald Trump was re -elected.
“The next time there is a problem, we will not face a qualified leadership for our response,” said Reese.
Michael Ostohm, director of the Center for Infectious Diseases Research at Minnesota University, said that the loss of “global -level expertise” experts at the Disease Control Center “is directly linked to the failed leadership of extremists” responsible for the Ministry of Health and Humanitarian Services (HHS).
Losses may continue under budget discounts, with proposed discounts of $ 5 billion – a 42 % decrease From 2024.
Two of the officials who finished recently to attest Before Congress on Wednesday. Susan Monarerez, the last director of CDC, who was separated after 28 days, criticized the “reckless” management approach to science, including the request for “Rubber-Stamp” recommendations from independent consultants at the Center for Disease Control.
The ACIP Consulting Committee plans to meet on Thursday and Friday. Their consultants have Shown The committee will re -examine recommendations on routine childhood vaccines such as those against hepatitis B and HPV (HPV).
the Make our children healthy again It was released on Tuesday, “Kennedy is re -shooting at childhood vaccines,” said Reese.
“Minister Kennedy has been clear: the center of diseases control has been broken for a long time. Its recovery as the guardian of the world’s most trusted public health will take continuous reform and more employee changes,” said Emily Heilard, HHS spokesman.
When he was asked about Kennedy’s position on childhood vaccines, Helerad said HHS “reaffirm the importance of the relationship between a doctor and the patient so that people can make enlightened decisions on their health”, while emphasizing the roles of “clear, honest and personal choice.”
Kennedy is also limited to access to Covid vaccines, as it only restricts it to people “at a higher danger”, while also says, “Anyone can get a supporter.”
“Kennedy claims that anyone can obtain it is not very loyal.” It has already been removed, for example, the recommendation of pregnant people, which makes it difficult for them to reach the vaccine.
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She said: “Although it is legal to give vaccines outside the designation, all doctors and pharmacists will do, depending on what ACIP does, not all insurance companies will be covered,” including Medicaid, which is linked to ACIP recommendations.
Kennedy has repeatedly undermined the center of diseases control and vaccines, describing the agency as “corruption from corruption” and Covid vaccine, for example, “The most bloody vaccine has ever distinguishedDuring the worst outbreak in decades, Kennedy developed the vaccination as a Personal choice. He also cut off millions of dollars to discuss the immoral RNA vaccines.
Earlier this month, Trump motive Covid vaccines and polio. But the president gave Kennedy to control the country’s health and nutrition agenda.
“In the era of increasing threats to public health – whether it is measles, whether it is the outbreak of Ebola, or whether this is anxiety and constant threat from H5 [bird flu] Nothing of these things makes America healthy again. “
The Acting Manager of the Center for Disease Control, Jim O’Neil, has a background in investing in biotechnology, but he does not seem to train in medicine or public health.
“Based on what I understand, he does not have the required background until he works as a prosecutor.”
Shah said: “The Americans need to ask themselves:” Are we safe now? “Is there a person who knows at the highest levels what should be done in the face of the emerging Ebola outbreak? Do they do that? How do we know that? “
Shah said that the news that senior experts in the Center for Disease Control did not inform Kennedy “worrying.” “If the major generals in America are planning a war and plan the plans of the battlefield, but they did not speak to any of the attachments and the colonel in this field, then we say this is not leadership.”
Shah said that many Americans have not yet felt the shock of Kennedy’s changes to public health.
For most people, “you don’t already see the consequences of this until there is an emergency,” Shah said. “It is too late at this stage.”