CDC Head Ousted

[DaisyDay]

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5473850-monarez-ousted-cdc-director/

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Susan Monarez, the longtime government scientist recently confirmed as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has been let go from her position after less than a month in the role.​

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A source familiar with the situation confirmed to The Hill that Monarez was ousted as CDC director. The Senate confirmed her July 29.​

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...She came to the role with glowing commendations from former colleagues who described her to The Hill as “data-driven,” nonpartisan and an excellent coordinator of public-private partnerships. During her time as acting CDC director, however, it was reported that Monarez did not push back on the White House’s directive to remove CDC pages containing the terms “LGBTQ” and “transgender” and did not seek to preserve crucial data that was taken down.​

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Oh, "data-driven" - that explains the problem...

 

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RFK Jr. bashes CDC after firing of director, resignation of key leaders​

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Fox News the CDC is “in trouble,” [sure is!] as CDC employees worried he would further undermine vaccine access.

 

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Ousted question mark?

Showdown at CDC as director refuses to leave post, amid pressure from Trump administration​

Monarez's lawyers again pushed back, arguing that because Monarez was appointed by President Donald Trump to the post -- the first CDC director to go through a Senate confirmation process -- Trump had to personally dismiss her.

"For this reason, we reject the notification Dr. Monarez has received as legally deficient and she remains as CDC Director. We have notified the White House Counsel of our position," Zaid and Lowell said in a statement.

"When CDC Director Susan Monarez refused to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated health experts, she chose protecting the public over serving a political agenda. For that, she has been targeted," Monarez's lawyers Mark Zaid and Abbe Lowell said in a statement.

The showdown began as a disagreement over demands from Kennedy and Stefanie Spear, his principal deputy chief of staff, for Monarez to support changes to COVID vaccine policy and the firings of high-level staff, a source familiar with the conversations told ABC News, which Monarez would not commit to.