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Mar 28, 2025 Peter Marks resigned as the FDA's top vaccine regulator after being told to resign or be fired for refusing to endorse vaccine misinformation Tier 1 · Primary Institutions and Governance
A senior federal scientist was forced out for declining to validate the health secretary's vaccine misinformation, undermining scientific independence within government.
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- FDA vaccine regulator Peter Marks resigns under pressure — Dr. Peter Marks, the nation's top vaccine regulator and head of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research since 2016, submitted his resignation after being given the choice to resign or be fired. In his resignation letter, Marks expressed deep concern over a measles outbreak in the Southwest exceeding 450 cases and warned that undermining confidence in science threatens public health. Marks stated that Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. does not desire "truth and transparency" but rather "subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies."
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