Chaos could be coming for children's vaccines

"Driving the news: The Department of Health and Human Services is planning to propose a new childhood vaccine schedule. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. came close to promoting Denmark's slimmed-down recommendations before pulling back on Friday, Politico reported. But the change is still likely to happen - a risky political gamble, but one seemingly in sync with President Trump's recent directive to top health officials to "align U.S. core childhood vaccine recommendations with best practices from peer, developed countries.""

""The final decisions and announcement have been postponed until the new year," said Robert Malone, vice chair of a key Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee and an ally of Kennedy. The decision "regarding the revised vax schedule will rely on other medical advisers," not the CDC advisory committee he is a part of, Malone added. "Final plans must pass internal legal review before announcement and deployment.""

"But a recent CDC advisory committee hearing featured a presentation on the Danish vaccine schedule. Malone wrote a Substack post on the U.S. adoption of the Danish schedule on Thursday, concluding that "this could be ... the biggest Christmas present ever for Children's Health Defense, The Informed Consent Action Network, a wide array of smaller organizations representing vaccine injured, and the trial lawyers of America.""

HHS is planning to propose a revised childhood vaccine schedule that would slim down U.S. recommendations and mirror Denmark's approach. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. nearly promoted Denmark's recommendations before pulling back. The move appears aligned with a presidential directive to align U.S. core childhood vaccine recommendations with peer developed countries' best practices. Robert Malone said final decisions are postponed until the new year and that the revised schedule will rely on other medical advisers and legal review. An HHS spokesperson called reports speculative without direct confirmation. A CDC advisory committee hearing presented the Danish schedule, and Malone warned of political and legal consequences.

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