Vermont Public panel discussion: Can you get the latest COVID vaccine? The answer might depend on how old you are, what state you live in, or whether you have a prescription.
Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is undergoing a period of upheaval marked by firings and resignations. Kennedy also fired the members of the CDC’s immunization panel—and the new panel hasn’t met in weeks.
Weighing in on Vermont Edition is: Anne Schuchat, M.D., a former deputy director at the CDC; Julie Arel, M.P.H., M.S.W., interim commissioner of Vermont’s Department of Health; and Timothy Lahey, M.D., M.M.Sc., professor of medicine at the Larner College of Medicine, an infectious disease physician at the University of Vermont Medical Center. Plus, Vermont Public senior political reporter Bob Kinzel talks about the CDC and RFK Jr. with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt).