US EditionCDC Panel Drops Covid Shot Recommendations, Calling It an Individual Decision
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices shifts COVID-19 vaccine stance to individual choice, impacting access and insurance coverage amid varied state policies and ongoing debate.
- On Friday, the CDC's vaccine advisory committee decided not to recommend COVID-19 shots for most Americans, stating it should be an individual choice after consultation with a medical professional.
- The committee voted 8-3 to recommend a separate chickenpox vaccine for children under 4, citing risks with the combined vaccine.
- The panel aims to implement 'individual-based decision-making' for COVID-19 vaccines, especially for those under 65.
- The American Academy of Pediatrics criticized the ACIP for spreading misinformation about vaccine safety and limiting access to immunizations.
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CDC panel opts against requiring COVID shot prescription, but wants greater emphasis on its risks
Retsef Levi, a member of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, spoke at the panel’s meeting on Sept. 19. | Maya Homan, Georgia Recorder ATLANTA (Idaho Capital Sun)— The top vaccine advisory committee at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Friday to change long-standing recommendations around COVID-19 vaccine access for children and adults, though a proposal to require prescriptions for all individuals seeking t…
As it always should have been: CDC vaccine panel votes to change COVID-19 vaccine guidance - "individual-based decision"
A federal vaccine advisory panel voted on Friday to recommend people talk with a clinician before getting a Covid vaccine, while voting against a motion to require prescriptions for the shot. All 12 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) voted unanimously to update COVID-19 guidance so coronavirus vaccinations for all people should be based on "individual-based …
How to get a COVID-19 shot and ensure it’s covered by insurance
Drugstores are ready to deliver updated COVID-19 vaccines this fall and insurers plan to pay for them, even though the shots no longer come recommended by an important government committee. On Friday, vaccine advisers picked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declined to specifically recommend the shots but said people could make individual decisions on whether to get them. The recommendations from the advisers to the Centers for Disease …
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