EXCLUSIVE: Retsef Levi unveils new members of his Covid vaccine work group
A hand-picked team of leading scientists and clinicians will take on the most contentious questions about Covid vaccine safety and policy.
Today, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunisation Practices (ACIP) has revealed the full line-up for its newly constituted Covid-19 vaccine work group.
The group, led by MIT professor Retsef Levi, will examine the most pressing and unresolved questions about the Covid vaccines that were neglected during the emergency roll-out.
The Terms of Reference, published last month, include investigating DNA contamination in vaccine vials, the persistence of mRNA and spike protein in the body, immune system changes from repeated boosting, cardiovascular risks, reproductive and pregnancy safety, and the disabling syndromes reported by vaccine-injured patients.
As reported here in an exclusive interview with Levi earlier this month, government lawyers in the Department of Health had objected to granting him such a broad mandate, urging that sensitive topics like vaccine injuries be excluded.
Levi told me that he would not accept those limits, and the expanded Terms of Reference were ultimately adopted.
This week, Reuters corroborated that account, confirming that HHS lawyers had raised objections before Levi’s authority was finalised.
Now Levi has gone further, unveiling a hand-picked team of leading scientists and clinicians with impeccable credentials, each chosen for their unique expertise.