"The panel of federal vaccine advisors hand-selected by anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has once again punted on whether to strip recommendations for hepatitis B vaccinations for newborns-a move it tried to make in September before realizing it didn't know what it was doing. The decision to delay the vote today came abruptly this afternoon when the panel realized it still does not understand the topic or what it was voting on."
"Prior to today's 6-3 vote to delay a decision, there was a swirl of confusion over the wording of what a new recommendation would be. Panel members had gotten three different versions of the proposed recommendation in the 72 hours prior to the meeting, one panelist said. And the meeting's data presentations this morning offered no clarity on the subject-they were delivered entirely by anti-vaccine activists who have no subject matter expertise and who made a dizzying amount of false and absurd claims."
Federal vaccine advisory panel, assembled by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., delayed a vote on removing newborn hepatitis B vaccine recommendations after realizing members lacked understanding of the proposal. Panelists received three different recommendation drafts in the 72 hours before the meeting, contributing to confusion preceding a 6-3 vote to delay. Meeting presenters were anti-vaccine activists without subject-matter expertise who made false and misleading claims. The meeting was disorganized, featured tense exchanges, and abandoned evidence-based processes. ACIP recommendations set national vaccine policy and trigger insurance coverage requirements; rescinding the birth-dose recommendation could lead to loss of insurance coverage.
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