""This decision protects children, respects families, and rebuilds trust in public health," Kennedy said in a statement Monday. Medical experts disagreed, saying the change without public discussion or a transparent review of the data would put children at risk. Dr. Sean O'Leary of the American Academy of Pediatrics said countries carefully consider vaccine recommendations based on levels of disease in their populations and their health systems."
""You can't just copy and paste public health and that's what they seem to be doing here," said O'Leary. "Literally children's health and children's lives are at stake." The new guidance also reduces the number of recommended vaccine doses against human papillomavirus from two or three shots to one for most children, depending on age. The decision was made without input from an advisory committee that typically consults on the vaccine schedule, said senior officials at HHS."
Several vaccines were removed from the universal recommendation while measles, whooping cough, polio, tetanus, chickenpox and HPV remain on the recommended-for-everyone list. The guidance reduces HPV vaccination to one dose for most children, down from two or three doses depending on age. The change was implemented without input from the advisory committee that typically reviews the vaccine schedule and involved senior HHS officials speaking on background. Medical experts expressed concern that removing recommendations for influenza, hepatitis and rotavirus vaccines and altering HPV guidance without transparent risk-benefit review will increase hospitalizations and preventable deaths among children.
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