RFK Jr. appeals ruling that wiped out his vaccine advisory panel
RFK Jr. appeals ruling that wiped out his vaccine advisory panel
小罗伯特·肯尼迪就其疫苗咨询小组被撤销的裁决提出上诉
After some uncertainty—and a little drama—the Trump administration is appealing a ruling by a judge last month that temporarily halted anti-vaccine changes Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy had implemented at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 在经历了一些不确定性和小插曲后，特朗普政府正在对上个月的一项法官裁决提出上诉。该裁决曾暂时叫停了卫生部长小罗伯特·肯尼迪（Robert F. Kennedy）在疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）实施的反疫苗改革。
Those changes include filling a key vaccine advisory panel with dubious anti-vaccine allies and unilaterally slashing childhood vaccine recommendations. 这些改革包括向一个关键的疫苗咨询小组安插立场可疑的反疫苗盟友，并单方面削减儿童疫苗接种建议。
On March 16, US District Judge Brian Murphy issued a temporary injunction on those changes, essentially blocking the appointment of Kennedy’s advisors, nullifying all votes they made on federal vaccine policy, and undoing the changes to the CDC childhood vaccination schedule. 3月16日，美国地方法官布莱恩·墨菲（Brian Murphy）对这些改革发布了临时禁令，实质上阻止了肯尼迪顾问的任命，废除了他们就联邦疫苗政策所投的所有票，并撤销了对CDC儿童疫苗接种时间表的更改。
Murphy ruled that Kennedy’s advisors were unqualified, and their appointment and the changes to vaccine recommendations violated federal procedures. The ruling stems from a case brought against Kennedy and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). 墨菲裁定，肯尼迪的顾问们缺乏资格，且他们的任命以及对疫苗建议的更改违反了联邦程序。该裁决源于美国儿科学会（AAP）针对肯尼迪及卫生与公众服务部（HHS）提起的诉讼。
Prior to the ruling, lawyers for the government argued that Kennedy’s actions were “unreviewable” and his authority was such that he could advise Americans to actively inject themselves with measles virus rather than the vaccine if he wanted. 在裁决之前，政府律师辩称肯尼迪的行为是“不可审查的”，并称他的权力大到如果他愿意，甚至可以建议美国人主动注射麻疹病毒而不是疫苗。
Murphy rejected that argument in his ruling and found the AAP would likely succeed with their claim that Kennedy’s changes were illegal. 墨菲在裁决中驳回了这一论点，并认为美国儿科学会（AAP）关于肯尼迪的改革是非法的指控很可能会胜诉。
The temporary injunction essentially froze the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel—the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)—which was scheduled to meet later in March to discuss alleged COVID-19 vaccines injuries. That meeting did not occur. The committee is also scheduled to meet in late June with no agenda set. 该临时禁令实质上冻结了CDC的疫苗咨询小组——免疫实践咨询委员会（ACIP），该委员会原定于3月下旬开会讨论所谓的“新冠疫苗伤害”问题。那次会议最终未能举行。该委员会还计划在6月下旬开会，但目前尚未设定议程。
Drama
闹剧
Days after the ruling, Robert Malone—a former researcher turned outspoken anti-vaccine activist and conspiracy theorist who served as Kennedy’s ACIP vice chair—got into a public spat with an HHS spokesperson and dramatically resigned from the committee in anger. 裁决发布几天后，曾担任肯尼迪ACIP副主席、现已转变为直言不讳的反疫苗活动家和阴谋论者的前研究员罗伯特·马龙（Robert Malone），与卫生与公众服务部的一位发言人发生了公开争执，并愤怒地戏剧性辞去了委员会职务。
It started when Malone posted on social media: ACIP has been disbanded. The government’s response to the AAP lawsuit and judge Murphey’s injunction is to disband and then recreate a new ACIP committee, as this will take less time than would be required to file and prosecute an appeal. There will be no action from the government to respond to the defamatory characterization of the former ACIP members. 事情起因于马龙在社交媒体上发帖称：ACIP已被解散。政府对AAP诉讼和墨菲法官禁令的回应是解散并重建一个新的ACIP委员会，因为这比提起和进行上诉所需的时间更短。政府不会采取任何行动来回应针对前ACIP成员的诽谤性定性。
Hours later, HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon contradicted the claim, telling Ars Technica in a statement: “Unless officially announced by us, any assertions about what we are doing next is baseless speculation.” 几小时后，卫生与公众服务部发言人安德鲁·尼克松（Andrew Nixon）反驳了这一说法，他在给《Ars Technica》的一份声明中表示：“除非由我们正式宣布，否则关于我们下一步行动的任何断言都是毫无根据的猜测。”
Malone then resigned, saying, “After Andrew trashing me with the press, I am done with the CDC and ACIP. That was the last straw. Suffice to say I do not like drama, and have better things to do.” 随后马龙辞职并表示：“在安德鲁向媒体诋毁我之后，我与CDC和ACIP的缘分已尽。这是压死骆驼的最后一根稻草。我只想说，我不喜欢闹剧，我还有更重要的事情要做。”
While the notice of appeal filed late Wednesday conflicts with Malone’s initial assertion, he may not have been entirely wrong in indicating that Kennedy intended to create a new ACIP. Earlier this month, Kennedy rewrote ACIP’s charter, granting himself the ability to appoint anti-vaccine allies without expertise in vaccines and immunizations to the panel. He also shifted the panel’s focus to alleged vaccine injuries and risks, aligning it with the views of anti-vaccine activists. 虽然周三晚间提交的上诉通知与马龙最初的断言相冲突，但他指出肯尼迪打算建立一个新的ACIP可能并非完全错误。本月早些时候，肯尼迪重写了ACIP的章程，授予自己任命在疫苗和免疫接种方面没有专业知识的反疫苗盟友进入该小组的权力。他还将该小组的重点转向了所谓的疫苗伤害和风险，使其与反疫苗活动人士的观点保持一致。