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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Louisiana official who called Covid-19 vaccines ‘dangerous’ given key CDC post

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Ralph Abraham speaks in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on 18 March 2019. Photograph: Melinda Deslatte/AP

Ralph Abraham, a top Louisiana health official who stopped promoting mass vaccination policies and once described Covid-19 vaccines as “dangerous”, has been appointed deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it was revealed on Tuesday.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has not formally announced Abraham’s appointment, but the center’s internal database now lists Abraham as the federal agency’s principal deputy director, effective this week. Abraham’s appointment was confirmed to the Washington Post by an HHS spokesperson.

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