Kennedy PURGES CDC — Officials FLEE!

CDC’s former “monkeypox czar” and several senior officials abandoned ship after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. began dismantling the agency’s woke vaccine agenda and LGBTQ activism.

Story Highlights

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis resigned August 27, 2025, following CDC Director Susan Monarez’s removal
Mass exodus of senior CDC officials protesting Kennedy’s science-based vaccine policy reforms
New policies restrict COVID boosters to those 65+ or high-risk, ending blanket recommendations
Daskalakis warns of “harm coming” from ending indiscriminate vaccination programs

Kennedy Cleans House at Corrupted CDC

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed CDC Director Susan Monarez on August 27, 2025, triggering immediate resignations from entrenched bureaucrats resistant to reform. Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who gained notoriety as the Biden administration’s “monkeypox czar,” led the exodus alongside other senior officials including Daniel Jernigan, Deb Houry, and Jennifer Layden. The mass departure signals Kennedy’s success in dismantling the politicized public health apparatus that prioritized ideology over science.

https://t.co/2V785Axbph Former “Monkeypox Czar” Quits CDC Over Vaccine, LGBTQ Policy Changes

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Daskalakis publicly criticized the administration’s return to targeted, risk-based vaccine recommendations, claiming Kennedy was pursuing an “ideological direction” to undo vaccination programs. His resistance reveals the previous administration’s commitment to universal vaccination policies regardless of individual risk factors. The new approach restricts COVID-19 boosters to Americans aged 65 and older or those with genuine high-risk medical conditions, ending the blanket recommendations that ignored basic epidemiological principles.

Activist Official’s Controversial Legacy

During the 2022 monkeypox outbreak, Daskalakis served as White House National Monkeypox Response Deputy Coordinator, focusing heavily on LGBTQ community outreach. His approach emphasized targeted messaging to high-risk populations while the outbreak disproportionately affected men who have sex with men. Critics questioned whether public health messaging adequately emphasized behavioral risk reduction alongside vaccination campaigns, as the outbreak spread primarily through intimate contact networks.

Daskalakis later became director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, where he championed expansive vaccine policies and LGBTQ health initiatives. His resignation statement claimed the new leadership threatened both vaccination programs and LGBTQ health protections, revealing how deeply political activism had penetrated supposedly objective public health agencies. The departure of such ideologically driven officials creates opportunities for evidence-based policy making.

Restoring Scientific Integrity to Public Health

Kennedy’s reforms represent a return to traditional public health principles that consider individual risk factors rather than implementing one-size-fits-all mandates. The previous administration’s approach ignored natural immunity, age-stratified risk profiles, and cost-benefit analyses that should guide rational vaccine policy. Monarez’s lawyers accused Kennedy of “weaponizing public health for political gain,” ironically describing exactly what the previous administration accomplished through politically motivated health policies.

The institutional resistance from career bureaucrats demonstrates how thoroughly partisan politics infected federal health agencies under previous leadership. These resignations remove obstacles to implementing science-based policies that protect vulnerable populations without unnecessary intervention in low-risk groups. Americans deserve public health leadership focused on actual health outcomes rather than advancing social and political agendas through medical recommendations.