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The CDC is in turmoil this morning, and now the director, Susan Minares, is refusing to leave
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Confirmed just last month, she was declared out last night by the White House after clashing with
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over COVID vaccine policy. HHS posted on X that she was no
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longer director, but Minares is defying the order. Her lawyers call it a political firing, saying
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she refused to rubber stamp unscientific, reckless directives. She chose protecting the public over a political agenda
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For that, she has been targeted. The White House insists she's been terminated
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calling her not aligned with the president's health agenda. But her attorneys argue only the president can remove a Senate-confirmed director
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and until he does, she remains in charge. Already four top CDC officials have resigned in protest
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including the agency's chief medical officer, warning that public health is being weaponized. Under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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the administration has fired advisory boards and cut funding for MRNA research
