US EditionCDC Panel Drops Covid Shot Recommendations, Calling It an Individual Decision
- On Friday, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 12-0 in Atlanta, Georgia, to end its formal COVID-19 vaccine recommendation, making vaccination a personal decision.
- After reconstituting ACIP this year, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed the previous 17-member ACIP panel and appointed newly appointed ACIP members, many critics of vaccines.
- The FDA has limited this year's COVID shots from Pfizer, Moderna, and Novavax to adults 65 and older or high-risk individuals, while ACIP recommends individual decision-making for ages 6 months to 64.
- Several states have already moved to adopt the panel's recommendations into law, which affects vaccine coverage by insurers; if CDC leaders accept the guidance, Medicaid may stop paying for some early-combo doses, and the Vaccines for Children program changes could confuse families and pediatricians.
- Public health experts cautioned that the panel's shift could sow distrust amid falling vaccination rates, while CDC data on vaccine effectiveness show reduced serious disease and some outside medical groups saw no new safety data.
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