Hello, everyone. Welcome to Wellness Unmas. I'm Dr. Nicole Sapphire, and today we are going to peel back the layers on something that has everyone talking.

Recently, a group of former CDC directors, they've made headlines because they decided to put out a joint opinion piece,

essentially rallying against RFK Jr. after he fired the newly appointed Susan

Monarez from her position as CDC director. This has made all the media outlets, people are in an

uproar. It's really interesting to see this whole coordinated effort. It's not every day you kind of see

it. But it does raise some big questions about politics, power, and just the entire

direction of public health in this country. So to dig into this, I am joined by Jennifer Galardi.

She is the senior policy analyst for restoring American wellness at the Heritage Foundation.

She's been at the forefront of challenging how narratives and health policy are getting shaped and

controlled. And she's also involved in the Maha movement. She has her ear on the ground to everything

going on there. And she's also been challenging the role of institutions like the CDC and how we're

just working to reshape, just ultimately how we think about medicine and wellness in

America. I'm so excited to have her with us. Let's bring in Jennifer Galardi.

Jennifer, I am so excited to have you on today because there is so much going on in the world

of public health that it feels like, you know, every day there's a new

media headline and that New York Times article by all of the former CDC and acting CDC directors,

I mean, that was pretty substantial. What's your take on all of that? Well, it does feel a little

bit like as the world turns every day here in the United States health agencies, there's always

something. You know, the new cycle is very active regardless. And one of the things I try to do

is not ignore the new cycles, but understand that they always have an agenda, particularly the New York

Times. And their agenda right now is to divide the maha and the MAGA kind of base that

elected Trump with a lot of Kennedy supporters and to oust to get Kennedy out because they don't like

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