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BREAKING: 'Get politics out of public health': CDC official who resigned over vaccine policy - The Weeknight - MSNBC
As the White House aims to install RFK Jr.’s right-hand man as CDC director following the sudden and chaotic firing of the agency’s chief, staff at the CDC’s Atlanta headquarters staged a mass walkout in support of three top officials who resigned in protest.
One of them, Dr. Daniel Jernigan — former director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases — joins The Weeknight to explain why he and his colleagues stepped down. - Aired on 08/28/2025.