RFK Jr. says that Covid -Shots are no longer recommended for children, pregnant women

The federal government has removed COVID-19 vaccines from the list of shots that are recommended for healthy pregnant women and children, announced federal health officials on Tuesday.

“I could no longer be happy to announce that from today the COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from the CDC -Evolen immunization schedule” Posted a video on X. “We are now a step closer to realizing the promise of President Trump to make America healthy again.”

The decision will make it much harder for parents to have their children vaccinated and for pregnant people to make their shots, because insurance companies will probably no longer pay for them.

“Last year, the Biden administration insisted on healthy children to get another Covid recording, despite the lack of clinical data to support the repeated booster strategy in children,” said Kennedy.

When announcing the decision, Kennedy was flanked by Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Martin Makary and National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya.

“It’s common sense and it’s a good science,” said Bhattacharya.

“There is no evidence that healthy children need it today and most countries have stopped recommending children,” Makary added.

The decision was apparently taken without the usual input of independent external advisers. Although independent advisors have reconsider the recommendations of the COVID vaccine, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s is Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices Is not planned to meet each other until later this month to make a recommendation.

In response to questions about this issue, the Ministry of Health and Human Services Pers Secretary Vianca N. Rodriguez Feliciano shared the following explanation: “HHS and the CDC continue to commit themselves to Gold Standard Science and to ensure the health and well-being of all Americans, especially the children of our nation.”

Since the vaccines became available, the government has committed its shots for almost everyone, including children and pregnant people. Although children do not tend to get seriously ill from Covid, some, especially very young children, and pregnant women remain High risk of serious complications from the virus.

Vaccinating pregnant women also protects newborn babies, which themselves cannot be vaccinated but run a very high risk of serious complications of the virus.

“It is really worrying,” Dr. Sean O’LearyThat chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee for Infectious Diseases, NPR said. “I think it will not only be confusing for parents, but also for public health professionals and also medical professionals. This takes the choice away.”

Dr. Steven J. Fleischman, president of the American College of Obstetricians and gynecologists, said that his organization is “extremely disappointed” by removing the recommendation for Covid shots during pregnancy.

“As OB-Gyn’s who treat patients every day, we have seen first-hand how dangerous Covid infection can be during pregnancy and for newborns that depend on maternal antibodies from the vaccine for protection,” he said in a statement. “Science has not changed. It is very clear that Covid infection can be catastrophic during pregnancy and lead to a large disability.”

The announcement came a week after the administration made changes that could drastically limit the availability of the next round of Covid boosters. The government will now need additional tests to have the vaccines approved for use by someone other than people who run a high risk because of COVID because they are 65 or older or have risk factors for other health problems.