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Medicine and This Thing We Call the State

Medicine and This Thing We Call the State
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington on April 16, 2025. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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The entirety of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has been fired by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his capacity as secretary of health and human services, and this dramatic action is fully in his purview.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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