In a revealing display of the entrenched Washington swamp fighting back, the liberal media is amplifying the complaints of a disgruntled bureaucrat to attack the necessary reforms of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Former CDC National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Director Demetre Daskalakis publicly resigned, and his stated reasons perfectly illustrate the kind of entitled, process-obsessed mentality that the Trump administration is dedicated to rooting out.
Daskalakis, in a resignation letter posted to X Wednesday, claimed that his departure was directly “prompted by changes in recommendations around COVID-19 vaccines for children and the ACIP overhaul.” This admission confirms that he is opposed to a fresh, scientifically-sound review of COVID-19 vaccines for the nation’s youth, preferring instead to cling to the outdated and often questionable mandates of the past administration. His resistance to scrutiny is a hallmark of the bureaucratic deep state that values its own authority over transparent science.
These high profile departures will require oversight by the HELP Committee. https://t.co/38xBrC7cC6
— U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (@SenBillCassidy) August 28, 2025
My resignation letter from CDC.
Dear Dr. Houry,
I am writing to formally resign from my position as Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), effective August 28, 2025, close of business.…
— DrDemetre (@dr_demetre) August 27, 2025
Furthermore, Daskalakis made the stunning allegation “that CDC had not been informed of the committee’s overhaul before Kennedy announced it on social media.” This complaint, framed as a breach of protocol, is in fact a testament to Secretary Kennedy’s decisive action to bypass the sluggish and self-serving channels of the federal bureaucracy. The notion that every layer of the CDC apparatus must be consulted before the Secretary exercises his authority is exactly the kind of inefficiency and gatekeeping that President Donald Trump and Secretary Kennedy were elected to eliminate.
The liberal media will undoubtedly parrot Daskalakis’s grievances as evidence of chaos, but informed Americans see it for what it truly is: the inevitable growing pains of dismantling a corrupt and unaccountable system. This resignation is not a condemnation of Kennedy’s leadership but a badge of honor, signaling that the long-overdue process of draining the swamp at HHS and the CDC is finally underway. The old guard, comfortable with its ties to pharmaceutical giants and its unchallenged authority, is being shown the door, making way for a new era of transparency and accountability in American public health.
h/t: Steadfast and Loyal
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