US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday lashed out at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) a day after its director was ousted, saying the storied agency needs to be overhauled.

Appearing on the conservative Fox News channel, Kennedy was asked about a statement from lawyers representing fired CDC chief Susan Monarez, who accused him of putting millions of lives at risk with his anti-vaccine agenda.

He used the opportunity to attack the agency’s competence and priorities.

“President Trump has very, very ambitious hopes for CDC right now, and CDC has problems,” he said.

“We saw the misinformation coming out of Covid. They got the testing wrong. They got the social distancing, the masks, the school closures that did so much harm to the American people today.”

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