CNN Anchor Stunned as CDC Vaccine Advisor Warns Newborn Jabs Rollback Wasn't Based on Data'

"CNN anchor Pamela Brown was left asking how Americans could trust the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after a sitting vaccine advisor's stunning revelation Monday that the vote to rollback hepatitis B shots for newborns wasn't based on data but speculation. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 83 on Friday to advise that babies receive the vaccine at birth only if their mothers test positive for the virus, or if their status is unknown."

"Hibbeln explained that the committee agreed to make decisions by data and a three month delay to the vote was to allow a working group to find data that illustrated the harms of the vaccines before any move to change policy. We took three months for the committee, the working group, to find data, and none was found and none was expressed, he said."

A CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 8-3 to recommend hepatitis B vaccination at birth only for infants whose mothers test positive for the virus or whose maternal status is unknown. For infants of hepatitis B-negative mothers, the committee advised discussing vaccination with a physician rather than automatic administration. The change would reverse a three-decade universal birth-dose policy credited with reducing virus-linked liver disease. A committee member reported that a three-month effort to find data showing harms from the vaccine produced none, and that repeated requests for data of harm before the vote yielded no evidence.

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