A CDC panel unanimously voted on Wednesday to add the Covid-19 vaccine to the recommendedย childhoodย schedule.
So much for the opinion of the people. They opened it up to opinions yesterday. The opinions were negative and brutal but the decision was unanimous just the same.
Theย decisionย from the agencyโsย advisory committeeย (ACIP) would addย the Covid-19 shot to the public health agencyโs Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program.
Fifteen voting members of mostly scientific or medical expert backgrounds make up the panel and are responsible forย making vaccine recommendations.
I wonder if they realize how many people will never again trust their โmostly scientific or medical experts.โ
All of the panelists are chosen by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services after an application and nomination process, Yahoo News reports.
Oh, there you go, we really trust that Becerra.
It will now go to the CDC and Director Rochelle Walensky, someone we also donโt trust.
If approved, the advice will be included in the CDCโs Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), a publication of public health information.
โAs weโll be discussing today and tomorrow, the incorporation of the COVID-19 vaccine in the immunization schedule and the vaccines for children or VFC program is an important step in the inclusion of COVID-19 vaccines in a routine vaccination program,โ Dr. Sara Oliver, member of the CDCโs ACIP, said.
Ahead of the panelโs vote, some Republican-controlled states assured residents that the Covid-19 would not be mandated for children.ย Floridaย Surgeon General Joseph Ladapoย tweeted: โRegardless of what the CDC votes on whether COVID-19 vaccines are added to routine child immunizations โ nothing changes in Florida.โ
โThanks to @GovRonDeSantis,ย COVID mandates are NOT allowed in FL, NOT pushed into schools, & I continue to recommend against them for healthy kids,โ he said.
SEE WHO THEY ARE HERE
- Lynn Bahta, RN, MPH, CPH
- Beth P. Bell, MD, MPH
- Oliver Brooks, MD, FAAP
- Wilbur H. Chen, MD, MS, FIDSA, FACP
- Sybil Cineas, MD, FAAP, FACP
- Matthew F. Daley, MD
- Camille N. Kotton, MD, FIDSA, FAST
- James Loehr, MD, FAAFP
- Grace M. Lee, MD, MPH
- Sarah S. Long, MD
- Veronica V. McNally, J.D.
- Katherine A. Poehling, MD, MPH
- Pablo J. Sanchez, M.D.
- Nirav D. Shah, MD, JD
- Helen Keipp Talbot, MD, MPH
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