BATON ROUGE — The Advocate reported Wednesday that the nation's health secretary had selected a vaccine skeptic from Baton Rouge to serve on a panel that develops vaccination policies for the federal government.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic himself, in June asked all 17 members of the civilian Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to resign and said he would replace them with people who hold no preconceived notions.

Dr. Evelyn Griffin of Baton Rouge appeared at a Central church last year and said she was "very, very skeptical" of the COVID-19 vaccines, which are credited with saving millions of lives. The newspaper said the doctor was not available for comment.

The civilian committee, which makes recommendations to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is sc

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