The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, under new leadership, will not vote on COVID-19 shots, instead prioritizing discussions on flu vaccinations and the use of thimerosal in some flu doses. The committee's newly formed agenda excludes significant vaccine proposals like HPV and meningococcal vaccines, raising concerns among pediatricians about the motivations behind this shift. Critics argue this reflects an anti-vaccine agenda that risks public health and disseminates fear about vaccines.
Discussion of COVID-19 shots will open the session, but the agenda lists no vote on that. Instead, the committee will vote on fall flu vaccinations.
It's not clear who wrote the agenda. No committee chairperson has been named and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services did not comment.
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