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Welcome to The Logoff: The CDC has a new second in command — with a long, concerning record of anti-vaccine rhetoric and actions.

Who’s the new guy? Dr. Ralph Abraham, who was previously a member of Congress and the surgeon general of Louisiana, is the CDC’s new principal deputy director. He seemingly started the job over the weekend, but there has been no official announcement of his appointment to a senior public health role; we only know about it thanks to reporting (the Substack Inside Medicine had it first).

What do we know about Abraham’s beliefs? Abraham has repeatedly shared public health misinformat

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