None of the 10 doctors on the committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control on COVID-19 vaccines would say if they support the CDC removing a world-leading scientist from that committee for opposing a pause that may have spooked Americans off COVID vaccination.
The Federalist contacted all of the committee's members for comment on the CDC's decision that could affect the integrity and public perception of the committee's work, as well as Americans' willingness to accept COVID vaccines, a current pressing concern for the public health agency.
The reluctance underscores the retaliatory climate CDC communicated when it punished a "World-class" scientist who helped invent methods dramatically improving the very vaccine safety system the CDC uses today.
In a press conference explaining why, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky even used Kulldorff's reasoning, saying that keeping the vaccine off the market would cost more lives than it might save.
Surveys show public perception that the CDC is willing to put politics over science affects Americans' willingness to get a COVID vaccine.
More recent Kaiser polls find COVID vaccine hesitancy is correlated with perceptions the CDC is a politicized agency.
In all of these polls, those who identify as Democrats or liberals place high levels of trust in the CDC, while those who identify as Republicans or conservatives have low trust in the CDC. It's not just conservatives thinking the CDC's constant self-contradiction, dating back to the very beginning of the pandemic when officials repeatedly insisted masks were not needed or helpful, is devastating public trust in scientific institutions at a crucial moment.
Sunday, May 9, 2021
Climate Of Fear? Colleagues Silent On CDC Retaliation Against ‘Superstar’ Scientist Who Tried To Prevent Vaccine ‘Pause’ Disaster
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