What to know about the new CDC deputy director who has been critical of COVID vaccines

A top Louisiana health official has been appointed principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Louisiana surgeon general who stopped state's vaccine program named CDC's principal deputy director

Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, a critic of government vaccine mandates, has been quietly appointed to one of the CDC's top positions.

Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, halted the state’s mass vaccination campaign.
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Ralph Abraham appointed deputy director of CDC

Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, long skeptical of vaccines, is named CDC deputy director after rolling back state vaccine programs and policies.
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Louisiana surgeon general who stopped promoting vaccines tapped as CDC's No. 2

WASHINGTON (TNND) — A Louisiana surgeon general who ordered health officials to stop promoting vaccines will serve as the principal deputy director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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The CDC Just Appointed an Anti-Vaxxer to the Agency’s Second-Highest Position

Abraham is the latest anti-vax appointment Kennedy has made to the agency. Notably, Kennedy fired every member of an advisory board in the CDC that was tasked with providing advice on vaccines, replacing those vacancies this past summer with people who harbor anti-vaccine views similar to his own.
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