Bonkers CDC vaccine meeting ends with vote to keep COVID shot access

Beth Mole / arstechnica - A push to require prescriptions for every COVID shot failed in a split vote.

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In a chaotic meeting, ACIP voted not to recommend a prescription requirement for Covid-19 vaccines. Some panelists seemed unaware of the point of the meeting, while others went on strange tangents.

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The current committee is made of 12 members installed by Kennedy after he dismissed all 17 previous sitting members in June. Several members have expressed anti-vaccine views, and five of them were appointed just this week.

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To be clear, access to Covid-19 vaccines is already muddled after the Food and Drug Administration’s recent move to limit eligibility for the latest version of the shots.

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“We will likely see more babies and young children who become infected,” Chari Cohen, president of the Hepatitis B Foundation says. “From a public health infrastructure perspective, we are concerned that this risk-based approach will miss preventing infec

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In a chaotic meeting, ACIP voted not to recommend a prescription requirement for Covid-19 vaccines. Some panelists seemed unaware of the point of the meeting, while others went on strange tangents. www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...

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Today, ACIP voted down its own proposal to require prescriptions for Covid vaccines. It also voted to recommend “individual-based decision-making,” aka talk to a healthcare provider before getting one. So, uh, what exactly was the point of this meeting?

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Who could have predicted that the first big meeting of RFK Jr.’s ragtag crew of antivax crusaders would be a shambolic mess?! from @emilymullin.bsky.social

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Bonkers CDC vaccine meeting ends with vote to keep COVID shot access

5 months / arstechnica / Beth Mole

RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Panel Votes Down Its Own Proposal to Require Prescriptions for Covid-19 Shots

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