First the vaccine, now the mammogram? The recent shooting of RFK Jr. doctors are angry.

Likewise, Jan Carney, president of the American College of Physicians, said the group was “horrified” when the shooting of the two doctors erupted in the group.

“Both of these doctors are highly qualified professionals, and we take issue with the lack of transparency in any of the investigations that Secretary Kennedy conducted with members of the panel,” Carney said. “The firing comes because the group has not met for the past year and has been prevented from doing its job to ensure that the American people have up-to-date guidance, based on the available evidence, on preventive health care. The advice of the USPSTF is essential to a healthy America, and we must not allow its membership or its methods to become politicized.”

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The two USPSTF members who were fired were John Wong, a professor at Tufts University School of Medicine, and Esa Davis, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. According to reports, they received a letter from Kennedy, dated May 11, informing them that they would be fired “immediately.”

Regarding the reason they were fired, the letter said: “These actions are administrative in nature and have nothing to do with your work or years of dedicated service to the Task Force. It should not be understood as a removal based on your leadership or contributions. Rather, the Department is doing this to protect the Task Force and maintain confidence in the continuity and strength of the work.” It said the withdrawal was “to avoid uncertainty that could affect the certainty of future transactions.”

The doctors pushed back, with an email exchange and a meeting with Trump’s top administration official, but the justification for the suspension remained unclear.

Kennedy previously disparaged the USPSTF, calling it “he woke up” and “careless and careless for 20 years.” He had previously revealed plans to disband the group.

Doctors now want to do something to protect the group. “Regulators came after childhood vaccinations, and now they’re coming after our cancer screenings, and the medical profession will not allow this to happen,” former USPSTF chairman Michael Silverstein told The New York Times.