"The Vaccine Integrity Project (VIP) was conceived by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. It set out to review the scientific literature to advise professional societies, which issue guidelines - usually derived from official advice - that are followed by many clinicians. The initial results of the review are already being reflected in vaccine guidelines issued by medical societies and certain US states. (The review's results have not yet been peer-reviewed, but will be submitted to a journal later this week.)"
"(The review's results have not yet been peer-reviewed, but will be submitted to a journal later this week.) "I am taking my nights and weekends and every other spare minute I can find to devote to this project," says Caitlin Dugdale, an infectious-disease physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and a volunteer for the project. "I really believe in the importance of having an independent, unbiased group of people look at the data and present the data publicly.""
"The VIP initiative's review follows changes to the US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which issues influential vaccine recommendations for the US population. In June, US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, a long-time anti-vaccine activist, fired the entire panel; he has since hand-picked 12 new members. Last month, the ACIP recommended putting restrictions on the use of a childhood vaccine against measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (MMRV). It also stopped short of recommending COVID-19 vaccines, instead advising that people make their own decision about whether to get vaccinated - a reversal of previous policy. The panel has yet to advise on vaccines against influenza and respiratory syn"
The Vaccine Integrity Project (VIP) was established by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota to review scientific literature and advise professional societies. Volunteer US researchers, physicians and public-health specialists are conducting the review and presenting findings publicly. Initial results have begun to influence vaccine guidelines issued by medical societies and some US states. The review has not yet completed peer review but will be submitted to a journal. The initiative responds to recent changes at the US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and altered ACIP vaccine recommendations.
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