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JohnSJ

(98,255 posts)
Mon Mar 31, 2025, 10:15 AM Yesterday

FDA's top vaccine scientist is out, citing Kennedy's 'misinformation and lies'

Source: NBC News

Dr. Peter Marks wrote in his resignation letter that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wanted "subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies."

Dr. Peter Marks, the Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine regulator, has resigned, an official at the Department of Health and Human Services said Friday.

“If Peter Marks does not want to get behind restoring science to its golden standard and promoting radical transparency, then he has no place at FDA under the strong leadership of Secretary Kennedy,” a spokesperson at HHS said, referring to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

A person familiar with the matter told NBC News that Marks was forced out.



Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fdas-top-vaccine-scientist-dr-peter-marks-rcna198682

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wolfie001

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1. Overloading your liver with vitamin A
Mon Mar 31, 2025, 10:46 AM
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RFK jr shouldn't be anywhere near any HHS affiliated entity let alone creating doctrines for treatments going forward. tRUMP is such a stupid buffoon. Mind-numbing idiocy.

MuseRider

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Mon Mar 31, 2025, 10:50 AM
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Never have I ever read a dumber, more rancid, more insane paragraph than this one...


“If Peter Marks does not want to get behind restoring science to its golden standard and promoting radical transparency, then he has no place at FDA under the strong leadership of Secretary Kennedy,” a spokesperson at HHS said, referring to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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