With Flu Rates Soaring, Why Did RFK’s CDC Stop Recommending The Vaccine For Kids?
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"There is no scientific evidence supporting the change in recommendations,” one expert told HuffPost.
In the midst of what could be one of the most severe flu seasons on record, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s CDC has ceased recommending all children get vaccinated for the seasonal flu, along with five other previously recommended vaccines.
Guided by RFK Jr.’s hand-picked, anti-vaccine advisory committee, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new childhood vaccine schedule reduced its recommendations from 17 immunizations to 11 on Monday.
Rather than cite data, Kennedy Jr. said the decision was made to better align the U.S. with “peer, developed nations” ― citing Denmark, in particular, which immunizes children against 10 diseases compared to the 18 previously recommended in the United States.
The decision baffled experts outside RFK Jr.’s purview.
“There is no scientific evidence supporting the change in recommendations, and therefore, Mr. Kennedy was unable to provide any,” said Beth Jacobs, Ph.D., an epidemiologist and professor emerita from the University of Arizona who has studied vaccine refusal.
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