Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) grilled former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Susan Monarez and alleged she was fired last month for protecting bureaucrats’ desire to vaccinate six-month-olds.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) went after former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Susan Monarez Wednesday, charging she was fired from the prestigious health agency last month for promoting infant vaccination.
Monarez, 50, had been answering questions from the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) over her abrupt firing Aug. 27 after clashing with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
“You resisted firing people who have this idea that the COVID vaccine should be [given] at six months. That’s what this is about,” Paul, 62, argued during a heated back-and-forth.
“You didn’t resist firing the beautiful scientists, the career people … [who were] unobjective and unbiased. You wouldn’t fire the people who are saying that we have to vaccinate our kids at six months of age.
