Meet the big dogs RFK chose to replace vaccine advisory committee

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK) has completely replaced all members of a vaccine advisory board with big-name figures like Dr. Robert Malone, among others.

On Monday, RFK announced the removal of all 17 sitting members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee, known officially as the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP).

HHS Takes Bold Step to Restore Public Trust in Vaccines by Reconstituting ACIPhttps://t.co/MEmNlGG5hI

— Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (@AAPSonline) June 9, 2025

Two days later, he replaced the outgoing board members with eight new big-time figures in the scientific world, including Malone.

“Today we are prioritizing the restoration of public trust above any specific pro- or anti-vaccine agenda,” RFK said in a statement. “The public must know that unbiased science—evaluated through a transparent process and insulated from conflicts of interest—guides the recommendations of our health agencies.”

But why remove and replace everybody?

“A clean sweep is necessary to reestablish public confidence in vaccine science,” he continued. “ACIP’s new members will prioritize public health and evidence-based medicine. The Committee will no longer function as a rubber stamp for industry profit-taking agendas.”

So who are the eight new members?

Dr. Robert Malone

The first replacement is Malone, a prominent physician and vaccine critic who helped develop the first mRNA vaccine technology.

Malone was banned from pre-Elon Twitter (now known as X) in early 2022 when he posted a video that complained that Pfizer’s COVID vaccines caused “more harm than good.”

X owner Elon Musk later reinstated him.

I’m back…
Welcome to Fifth Gen (Information) Warfare
The battleground is consensus of the swarm and your own mind.
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— Robert W Malone, MD (@RWMaloneMD) December 13, 2022

Malone was wildly smeared by the mainstream press during the COVID pandemic because of his skepticism surrounding the COVID vaccine. This despite his extensive experience.

“Malone has approximately 100 scientific publications and has served on various government committees,” according to The Daily Wire. “He holds numerous patents in the fields of gene delivery, delivery formulations, and vaccines, including for fundamental DNA and RNA/mRNA vaccine technologies used in COVID-19 vaccines.”

Dr. Joseph Hibbeln

According to CNBC, Hibbeln is “a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who was formerly the acting chief of the section of nutritional neurosciences in the Laboratory of Membrane Biophysics & Biochemistry at the National Institutes of Health.”

He’s reportedly hated by mainstream types for having co-authored a study looking into whether exposure to mercury during pregnancy was linked to autism.

Dr. Martin Kulldorff

Kulldorff is “a biostatistician and epidemiologist” who has previously served on the Food and Drug Administration’s Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee and the CDC’s vaccine safety subgroup of ACIP.

He famously co-authored the Great Barrington Declaration, a manifesto of sorts that laid out the reasons why the COVID-era lockdowns and restrictions were counterproductive and unwise.

Retsef Levi, Phd.

Levi is “a professor of operations management at the MIT Sloan School of Management who has also served as faculty director of the school’s food supply chain analytics and sensing initiative.”

He ticked off the mainstream establishment by co-authoring a paper with Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo laying out the risks that COVID mRNA vaccines pose to young men.

Dr. Cody Meissner

Meissner is “a professor of pediatrics at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth” who previously “held advisory roles with both the CDC and FDA, and has been a voting member of ACIP and the FDA’s vaccine advisory committee.”

In addition to speaking out against COVID vaccine requirements for kids, Meissner also co-authored a paper with current FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary slamming the masking of kids.

Dr. James Pagano

Pagano is “a board-certified emergency medicine physician who has served on multiple hospital committees.”

CBS News notes that RFK has described him as a “strong advocate for evidence-based medicine.”

Dr. Michael Ross

Ross is “a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at George Washington University and Virginia Commonwealth University.”

RFK previously said that he “contributed to national strategies for cancer prevention and early detection, including those involving HPV immunization.”

Vicky Pebsworth

Pebsworth is “a nurse with a PhD in public health, who has previously served on FDA vaccine advisory committees.”

According to CBS News, she spoke out at a 2020 meeting of the FDA vaccines committee about her experience as the “mother of a child injured by his 15-month well-baby shots in 1998.”

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