Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, a pediatric infectious disease expert who helped promote the COVID-19 vaccine to pregnant women, resigned Tuesday from her position as co-leader of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) working group on the COVID-19 vaccine and is leaving the agency, Reuters reported.
In an email to colleagues, Panagiotakopoulos said her decision to resign was based on her belief that she is “no longer able to help the most vulnerable members” of the population. According to CBS News, she sent the email Tuesday morning.
Reuters cited anonymous sources who said Panagiotakopoulos did not state a specific reason for her resignation. In her email, she said her departure was “a personal decision.”
“My career in public health and vaccinology started with a deep-seated desire to help the most vulnerable members of our population, and that is not something I am able to continue doing in this role,” Panagiotakopoulos wrote…
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