Senator Fears Anti-Vax Leopards Will Eat His Face

NBC News reports:

Louisiana GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy, who heads the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, raised concerns in a brief post on social media about the Health and Human Services Department’s gutting of an independent vaccine advisory committee.

Cassidy wouldn’t elaborate on that warning when Capitol reporters asked about it last night. But the decision comes weeks after Cassidy praised the health secretary for having “lived up” to the commitments Kennedy made to secure Cassidy’s confirmation vote, one of which was to “maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices without changes.”

Yesterday, the CDC announced all 17 members of that vaccine advisory panel were being removed, with Kennedy saying the “committee has been plagued with persistent conflicts of interest and has become little more than a rubber stamp for any vaccine.”

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Of course, now the fear is that the ACIP will be filled up with people who know nothing about vaccines except suspicion. I’ve just spoken with Secretary Kennedy, and I’ll continue to talk with him to ensure this is not the case.https://t.co/iXjTDieAwY

— U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (@SenBillCassidy) June 9, 2025

This should not surprise you bill. You voted for him, and are the only reason he won

— Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@AdamKinzinger) June 10, 2025

This is on you. You voted for him despite his decades-long anti-vaccine activism.

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) June 9, 2025