Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of health and human services, appointed eight new members of an expert panel that advises the federal government on immunization policy, including several vocal vaccine critics and one who identifies as an “anti-vaxxer.

The panel will hold two separate votes for the flu shot: one on influenza vaccines and another on influenza vaccines that contain thimerosal.

Kennedy gutted a key vaccine advisory panel. Now, physicians are figuring out how they can continue to share evidence-based guidance to keep patients healthy.