"The Trump administration's Department of Health and Human Services has reduced some vaccine access. The agency scaled back COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, approved COVID-19 vaccines for fewer people and aimed to remove the preservative thimerosal from U.S. vaccines. Experts told PolitiFact scientific research did not support its removal."
"About two weeks later on Oct. 8, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, a new working group focused on the childhood vaccine schedule. Its discussion topics include vaccine ingredient safety and "aluminum adjuvants." Robert Malone, an ACIP member who has opposed COVID-19 vaccines, he expected the committee would determine there was "a lot of evidence" of "issues" with aluminum in vaccines. The committee likely would vote to recategorize vaccines containing aluminum adjuvants so that people would have to discuss with their doctor before getting them, Malone ."
"A: Small amounts of aluminum are sometimes included in vaccines as adjuvants, or substances that the body's immune response to the vaccine to ensure protection from infection. That boost means people can get fewer vaccine doses in smaller quantities."
Health officials plan to remove aluminum adjuvants and have pursued narrowing COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and approvals. The Department of Health and Human Services scaled back COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, approved vaccines for fewer people, and targeted removal of the preservative thimerosal. The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices formed a working group on the childhood vaccine schedule that will examine vaccine ingredient safety, including aluminum adjuvants. An ACIP member has said the group may recategorize aluminum-containing vaccines to require physician discussion before vaccination. Small amounts of aluminum act as adjuvants to boost immune response; typical doses contain under one milligram.
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