NOTE: This is only the second entry since June 8. Thanks to all returning visitors for your patience.

First, links to reports from National Public Radio and the Associated Press, and to a conversation from the Tucker Carlson Show; some others may be accessible by clicking on their names or initials  below. (COVID ETC., 2-14-25 is HERE; scrolling down for it would take awhile.  UKRAINE, GAZA and SYRIA entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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FROM JUNE 10  HHS head RFK Jr. is removing all members of a key CDC vaccine policy committee. Reported by Ailsa Chang, Mia Venkat and Jeanette Woods | NPR  Health and Human Services head, RFK Jr, is replacing all current members of CDC vaccine advisory committee. We discuss the potential impact on public health policy. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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FROM JUNE 9  RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee, by Laura Ungar and Amanda Seitz | AP  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday removed all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, 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. Major physicians and public health groups criticized the move . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM LATE MAY  U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson on ‘Big Pharma,’ vaccines, and public health. Tucker Carlson of the Tucker Carlson Show and the Wisconsin Republican talk for about 30 minutes about vaccines, the pharmaceutical industry, and public health. Click HERE for video of interview, in which the segment specified in the headline begins a ways into a 115-minute show.

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