Susan Monarez: “He said that CDC employees were bought by the pharmaceutical…”

“Secretary Kennedy censored CDC science, politicized its processes and stripped leaders of independence. I could not and good conscience remain under those conditions. He said that CDC employees were killing children and they don't care. He said that CDC employees were bought by the pharmaceutical industry. He said CDC forced people to wear masks and social distance like a dictatorship. And the one I think that hurt me the most was a particularly vivid phrase.” (00:15–00:20)

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