The board also wrote of its fear of a DHS "brain drain" if Kennedy starts firing scientists who aren't dedicated to his anti-vaccine stance, such as Peter Marks, who was instrumental in President Trump's Operation Warp Speed for life-saving Covid vaccines.
"On Friday Mr. Marks resigned," the board wrote, "which is especially regrettable since he pushed the FDA bureaucracy to accelerate life-saving therapies for children with rare genetic disorders. He also pushed back against those in and outside of the agency, including Biden FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, who fretted that the FDA was approving too many novel drugs with high prices."
In his resignation letter, Marks wrote, "It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”