Susan Monarez, who was declared out as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday, pushed back within hours, insisting she had not been fired and would not step down, The Hill reported.
The Department of Health and Human Services posted on X at 5:30 p.m. Eastern time, “Susan Monarez is no longer director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We thank her for her dedicated service to the American people. @SecKennedy has full confidence in his team at @CDCgov who will continue to be vigilant in protecting Americans against infectious diseases at home and abroad.”
By 7 p.m., Monarez’s attorney, Mark Zaid, posted a statement on X rejecting the claim: “When CDC Director Susan Monarez refused to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated health experts, she chose protecting the public over serving a political agenda. For that, she has been targeted. Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor received notification from the White House that she has been fired, and as a person of integrity and devoted to science, she will not resign.”
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