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What’s Driving Experts Away from the CDC?

What’s Driving Experts Away from the CDC?

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The former director of a CDC center reveals how political ideology is undermining science, threatening vaccine policy and endangering public health across the U.S.

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Several top public health experts have resigned from the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, citing a troubling
shift away from science-based decision-making. Former director of
the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Demetre Daskalakis joins host Rachel Feltman to explain how
political ideology is reshaping vaccine policy, threatening
essential health programs and endangering trust in the nation’s
leading health agency. He also shares what outside organizations
must do to protect public health in the face of growing
uncertainty. Recommended Reading Here’s What Happened at RFK, Jr.’s
Overhauled Vaccine Panel Meeting CDC’s Leadership Is in
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