RFK Jr critic Paul Offit removed from FDA vaccine advisory committee
Source: The Guardian
Tue 2 Sep 2025 18.21 EDT
Last modified on Wed 3 Sep 2025 04.39 EDT
Paul Offit, a vocal critic of Robert F Kennedy Jr, has been removed from the advisory committee on vaccines for the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as Kennedy continues undercutting scientific expertise at federal agencies.
Offit has said that Americans can no longer trust the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention because of the decisions taken by Kennedy as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services. Offit has also warned that Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine activist, is attempting to sow doubt and confusion about vaccines in particular in order to drive down vaccination rates across the country.
Beginning in 2017, Offit served two four-year terms on the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biologics Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC). He said he was offered a third term, set to expire in 2027, by FDA officials. Offit filled out the necessary paperwork, and was put on the list of voting VRBPAC members through 2027. But as of Tuesday, his name is no longer on the roster of independent advisers.
About a week and a half ago, he said, his contact at the FDA told him that they still wanted him on the committee and that his forms had been cleared by the FDA, “but they’re being held up at HHS”. Soon after that, Offit said he received an email thanking him for his service on the committee. He was not given a reason for his dismissal.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/02/paul-offit-rfk-jr-fda-vaccines
Dr. Offit heads up Vaccine Education here in Philly at CHOP (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) and has been a powerful voice on FDA's VRBPAC (which is FDA's equivalent to CDC's ACIP). He is internationally recognized (and particularly during the pandemic).
These antivax kooks will destroy humankind.
