Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines and pledged to replace them with his own picks.

The 17-member Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices had been in a state of flux since Kennedy took over. Its first meeting this year had been delayed when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services abruptly postponed its February meeting.

  • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    It is hard to change it and requires 3/4 of the states to vote for it. With the states divided hard along red/blue lines I don’t see it happening.

    The United States Constitution can be amended through a two-step process outlined in Article V. First, an amendment must be proposed either by Congress (with a two-thirds vote in both houses) or by a convention called by Congress upon the request of two-thirds of the state legislatures. Second, the proposed amendment must be ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures or by state conventions.

    https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/constitution

    • barneypiccolo@lemm.eeEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Right, but that’s in the current environment. If you go back to my original comment a couple of levels up, I advocated for forcing out a large number of elected officials, under 14A/S3, which would give the Dems a short window of strong dominance where they could enact a very bold agenda that would put America, and the World, on a new path.

      But we have to win this fight first, and we are behind on the scoreboard. Fortune favors the bold, and Dems, and patriotic Indies are going to have to go on aggressive offense in order to stand any chance of winning.

      • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        Fortune favors the bold, and Dems, and patriotic Indies are going to have to go on aggressive offense in order to stand any chance of winning.

        Definitely. There is no point to playing it safe at this point. Go full Bernie.