Dr. Dave Weldon will NOT Lead the CDC: White House Withdraws Nomination

 

BY C STONE | STONE NEWS NETWORK ||| WASHINGTON, D.C.

Today the White House has withdrawn it's nomination of Dr. Dave Weldon for the Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Protection. 

Trump's officials had expressed concerns about Weldon's comments about doubts regarding vaccines. 

Via AXIOS:

• In a 2007 statement on a different bill he sponsored, Weldon wrote that "legitimate questions persist regarding the possible association between the mercury-based preservative, thimerosal, and the childhood epidemic of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), including autism."
• Thimerosal has been used as a preservative in vaccines, although it was taken out of childhood vaccines in 2001, per the CDC. Many studies have found no evidence of harm of thimerosal in low doses in vaccines.

Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said Weldon repeated debunked claims about vaccines in a meeting they had last month. She called on the administration to pick a nominee "who at bare minimum believes in basic science and will help lead CDC's important work to monitor and prevent deadly outbreaks."

It was so bad that even Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated that "Weldon wasn't ready for this role."

Ouch.