With Flu Rates Soaring, Why Did RFK’s CDC Stop Recommending The Vaccine For Kids?
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Key Points:
- The CDC, under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has reduced the recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11, removing vaccines for flu, hepatitis B, rotavirus, hepatitis A, certain meningitis forms, and RSV, citing alignment with other developed nations like Denmark.
- Experts outside the administration criticize the decision, stating there is no scientific evidence supporting the reduction and expressing concern that it contradicts expert CDC scientists and public health data.
- This change comes amid one of the worst flu seasons, with hospitalizations for flu-like illness rising sharply, and data showing flu vaccines remain highly effective in preventing severe illness in children.
- The American Academy of Pediatrics now issues its own evidence-based immunization schedule, which some health professionals recommend parents follow
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