Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., pressed former CDC Director Susan Monarez on vaccines during a Wednesday Senate hearing, slamming her for not dismissing scientists who resisted changes to the childhood vaccine schedule during her brief tenure.
Monarez appeared before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) to rebut Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s assertions that led to her dismissal last month.
“You resisted firing people who have this idea that the COVID vaccine should be [given] at 6 months [of age]. That’s what this is about,” Paul said. “You didn’t resist firing the beautiful scientists, the career people … unobjective and unbiased. You wouldn’t fire the people who are saying that we have to vaccinate our kids at 6 months of age. That’s who you refused to fire.”
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