Susan Monarez, who was explicitly excluded as CDC Director on Wednesday afternoon on Wednesday afternoon, said he was not fired hours later and would not be resigned.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Posted a statement on X EST said at around 5:30 pm that “Susan Monarez is no longer director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.”
After less than two hours, DC Attorney Mark Zaid A statement issued From Monarez.
The statement said, “When CDC director Susan Monarez refused rubber-stamp unscientific, careless instructions and fire dedicated health experts, he chose to protect the public to serve a political agenda. For this, he has been targeted,” the statement said.
“Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor received notification from the White House that it has been fired, and dedicated to science as a person of integrity, she will not resign.”
As the new York TimesHHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior had asked Monarez to resign or remove more from the stress around the vaccine policy on Monday.
Instead, according to Monarez Times, Senate Health Committee Chairman, Sen reached Bill Cassidi (R-La.).
A source, familiar with the situation, on Wednesday, confirmed the first hill that Monarez was excluded as CDC Director. Senate Confirmed that on 29 July President Trump nominated him for the role.
The Monarez Senate was required to be confirmed after the rapid politicization in the role during the Kovid -19 epidemic, requiring the Senate confirmation.
Washington Post Monarez was the first to report the firing.
Hours after the news fell, four senior CDC officers Announced his resignation Citing the weapons of public health agencies under Kennedy, in emails to colleagues.
CDC Chief Medical Officer Debra Humi wrote in his resignation letter, “For the good of the nation and the world, science in CDC should never be censored or subject to political stalwarts or interpretations. The vaccine saves life-this is an indisputable, well-established, scientific fact.”
“Recently, the cost of life is the cost of rising risks and the rise of misinformation, as is displayed as the highest number of American Measles cases in 30 years and violent attack on our agency.”
Before being enrolled to lead the CDC, Monarez served as the acting CDC director soon after the second Trump administration’s introduction. He first served as Deputy Director at Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.
President Trump chose Monarez as his second choice after his first choice, former Florida Rape David Weldon (R), failed to get adequate GOP support.
Monarez’s nomination was rather taken out, Trump confirmed four months after the announcement he had chosen on his truth social.
She came in a role with bright praise from former colleagues who described her as an excellent coordinator of “data-driven,” nonpartison and public-private partnership on the hill. During his time as an acting CDC director, however, it was reported that Monarez did not push back on the instructions of the White House to remove CDC pages with the words “LGBTQ” and “Transgender” and did not try to preserve important data.
A former colleague said that Monarez was not a person who wanted to assist the CDC and speculated that she was practically working to reduce existing data on existing data.
For health, former US Assistant Secretary and former acting Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Brett Giroir said that Monarez was probably selected for “a purpose of potential policy and operational changes, his ability to provide data, and science-intended evaluation, which is currently being considered.”
during hisSenate confirmation hearingMonarez Trad lightly, sometimes distance the distance between themselves and Kennedy’s ideas. He said to his belief that “vaccine saves life,” and said that he did not see a cause link between autism and vaccination, some Kennedy had long estimated.
When he was pressed by Democratic Sen Angela Alsobrox (MD), he said that he gave silent approval of water fluoridation, saying that he believes that he believed that he was safe for drinking fluorided water in his own Maryland community. Prior to his confirmation, Kennedy said that the Trump administration would advise that the water system removes the cavity-pre-mineral.
But when the senators are pressurized whether she would break with Kennedy on any issue, Monarez avoided the answer directly, instead saying, “If I am confirmed as CDC Director, I am ready to support the secretary with science and evidence and ensure that I am giving the best information to help them to support these important decisions.”
Updated at 7:55 pm
