The federal government has updated its COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, no longer urging routine vaccinations for children and pregnant women. This decision comes after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a significant policy change. While the CDC has shifted to a model where vaccines are considered through clinical decision-making, experts like Dr. Susan Kressly from the American Academy of Pediatrics voiced relief yet concern regarding the flawed process that led to this update, indicating potential risks to immunization infrastructure and access to health services.
The reality of the recommendations is more nuanced. Previously, the CDC had urged everyone six months and older to get annual, updated COVID shots as a routine recommendation. Now, the CDC's vaccine schedule recommends COVID vaccines for children through shared clinical decision-making that is, if a doctor and a patient decide together that it makes sense.
We are relieved to see today that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its schedules for child and adolescent immunizations to allow families to maintain the choice to immunize their children against COVID in consultation with their doctor.
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