Susan Monarez said she was fired from her role as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director because she refused to go along with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s anti-vax crusade.

Testifying under oath Wednesday, Monarez said that Kennedy told her that she had to preapprove vaccine recommendations from a vaccine advisory board that he stacked with anti-vaxxers or tender her resignation.

"On the morning of Aug. 25, Secretary Kennedy demanded two things of me that were inconsistent with my oath of office and the ethics required of a public official. He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP [Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices] recommendation regardless of the scientific evidence. He also directed me to dismiss career official

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