Trump selects Dave Weldon, former congressman with ties to vaccine critics, to lead CDC Florida physician has questioned vaccine safety and pushed for ‘rights of conscience’ on abortion

Trump selects Dave Weldon, former congressman with ties to vaccine critics, to lead CDC Florida physician has questioned vaccine safety and pushed for ‘rights of conscience’ on abortion https://www.statnews.com/2024/11/22/dave-weldon-cdc-director-trump-nominee/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8FSrPxMY9SKbQL3RodC7hlHEXvqFLoQL3MlAxUvNFm4H8PpotXFv4PjJNaP3UAZlaLlP-gVBxQCjhOVYTqoae5p8J3cw&_hsmi=335470246&utm_content=335470246&utm_source=hs_email CDC Trump picked physician and former Rep. Dave Weldon to lead the CDC. Weldon has a history of backing controversial and, in the views of most scientists, discredited ideas that linked childhood vaccines with increasing rates of autism. “That is worrisome for an agency whose most historic victories have come through the use of vaccines,” STAT’s Matt Herper wrote over the weekend. STAT’s Lizzy Lawrence has more on Weldon. Prognosis: Under Trump, the CDC is in big trouble, but the FDA might be OK While the FDA pick seems perhaps the least likely to try to upend the status quo, the presumptive CDC director has been a vociferous critic of vaccination. https://www.statnews.com/2024/11/23/dave-weldon-cdc-marty-makary-fda-trump-rfk-jr/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_9OUeR_GCyWTnxtUHdu4u_Tg83Oy-LhPMNRU6EdP2eBERDSCV8D4TeKSFQ3IU_e-2exmHC5TVvw4ax2uiE2U25N_uk_A&_hsmi=335470246&utm_content=335470246&utm_source=hs_email