Chaos ERUPTED at the CDC this week.
The director was fired and officials quit.
Mainstream Media blamed RFK Jr. for being “anti-vaccine”.
The truth is the CDC tried to block reviews of vaccine injuries.
ACIP member Retsef Levi exposed it in an exclusive interview.
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The resignations became headline news, with outlets portraying the CDC as “leaderless” and blaming RFK Jr. for destabilizing public health.
But that storyline left out the key fact: these officials weren’t leaving because science was under attack.
They were leaving because, for the first time, ACIP was preparing to confront the full data on Covid vaccines — including safety, efficacy, and injuries.
Two weeks earlier, ACIP created a new Covid vaccine work group and named Retsef Levi chair.
The Terms of Reference laid out a sweeping mandate: risk-benefit analyses, identifying critical gaps in safety and efficacy, and examining adverse events.
This wasn’t a rubber stamp.
It was an open door to follow the data wherever it led — and that’s exactly what shook the CDC.
In an exclusive interview with Maryanne Demasi (go subscribe to her to get the full interview), Levi explained how the clash unfolded.
His mandate was clear: no exclusions, no off-limits questions, no ignored data.
“We will not exclude any question that is relevant, nor any data source or knowledge source that is available,” he said.
The officials who resigned wanted to narrow the scope and keep control.
Levi insisted on opening it up.
The breaking point came over vaccine injuries.
Levi said he was “emotionally shocked” at the CDC’s unwillingness to even discuss them.
“Recognizing vaccine injuries is a foundational component of any successful vaccine program,” he explained.
“We have seen a lot of gaslighting, and leaving the vaccine injured out to dry. I want that to change with this Covid immunisation workgroup and more generally as part of the ACIP work.”
The media painted those who resigned as defenders of science.
In reality, they were trying to bury the most vulnerable victims.
Instead of debating the science, CDC leaders tried to stop the work group with legal arguments.
“They tried to use the lawyers to say it was not in the scope of ACIP to examine these issues,” Levi said.
In the end, they were forced to admit Levi’s plans were in fact in scope of ACIP’s duty’s, but not before turning what should have been basic science into a legal fight.
This was never about good governance — it was about control.
The officials running for the exits shaped the vaccine narrative for years.
They know what’s coming if independent scientists are allowed to follow the data.
They buried evidence, silenced dissent, and dismissed the injured.
Now, with RFK Jr. at HHS and people like Levi at ACIP, their cover is unraveling.
A reckoning has begun, and this week was only the start.
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