Fiona Havers, who oversees CDC respiratory virus data, told colleagues she no longer had confidence the data would be used objectively to set vaccine policy.

Offit, who sits on the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC), made the comments after criticizing Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for instructing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to stop recommending the COVID-19 vaccine for pregnant women and children.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is not a scientist or doctor, says you don’t need the COVID vaccine, but experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still put you in a high-risk group of people who ought to receive boosters.