In a stunning decision that defies all expert advice and scientific evidence, the influential group that shapes U.S. vaccine policy last week said it will no longer recommend that all infants receive the hepatitis B vaccination shortly after birth.
It’s a dangerous change that will cause real harm, made by a panel — the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) — tasked with protecting public health. Equally alarming as the decision itself was the process by which it was made — a process that demonstrates how this committee, handpicked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., could use its authority to undermine access to and confidence in other routine shots.
And while it had been signaled that the group would make the change, the vote left no doubt that Kennedy’s anti-vax agenda is now being actively implemented.
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