Members of the #federal #vaccine panel chosen by #Health Secy #RFKJr are setting sights on their next targets: the mRNA #Covid shots, & #vaccines offered to pregnant women.

The panel, called the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices [ #ACIP], already has imposed some limits on access to Covid vaccines & has rescinded recommendations for some routine childhood shots.

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Members of the #federal #vaccine panel chosen by #Health Secy #RFKJr are setting sights on their next targets: the mRNA #Covid shots, & #vaccines offered to pregnant women.

The panel, called the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices [ #ACIP], already has imposed some limits on access to Covid vaccines & has rescinded recommendations for some routine childhood shots.

#Trump #law #policy #HealthInsurance #PublicHealth #medicine #science #ConspiracyTheories

"All vaccine recommendations are being reconsidered by the US’s vaccines committee, according to its top adviser, who in recent interviews slammed vaccination requirements for attending school and said vaccines should be taken on the advice of an individual’s doctor."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/01/vaccine-recommendations-acip

#PublicHealth #vaccines #immunizations #HHS #CDC #ACIP #ChildrensHealth

"All vaccine recommendations are being reconsidered by the US’s vaccines committee, according to its top adviser, who in recent interviews slammed vaccination requirements for attending school and said vaccines should be taken on the advice of an individual’s doctor."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/01/vaccine-recommendations-acip

#PublicHealth #vaccines #immunizations #HHS #CDC #ACIP #ChildrensHealth

An article summarizing the new head of the ACIP's outlook on vaccination policy makes for a dispiriting start to the week.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/01/vaccine-recommendations-acip

Summary: he thinks we don't need vaccines anymore because we don't have the incidence we used to (BECAUSE OF VACCINATION!) and because we can better treat illness now.

The exchange rate between ounces of prevention and pounds of cure must have changed from what I remember.

#ACIP #vaccines

An article summarizing the new head of the ACIP's outlook on vaccination policy makes for a dispiriting start to the week.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/01/vaccine-recommendations-acip

Summary: he thinks we don't need vaccines anymore because we don't have the incidence we used to (BECAUSE OF VACCINATION!) and because we can better treat illness now.

The exchange rate between ounces of prevention and pounds of cure must have changed from what I remember.

#ACIP #vaccines