"The ACIP panel voted unanimously 15-0 for the CDC to recommend children get the Covid-19 vaccines and boosters. The CDC is now almost certain to add the Covid shots its ‘Childhood Vaccines Schedule,’ which schools often rely upon to mandate ‘vaccines’ to attend public school."
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) October 19, 2022
"ACIP’s decision to add the Covid shots is based on hidden data and in defiance of the minute Covid risk factors for healthy children, particularly for healthy children who have natural immunity due to a prior infection."
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) October 19, 2022
"In the United States, there is near-universal antibody seroprevalence due to prior infection. The Covid shots have known adverse events. It is a scientific fact that they do not stop the spread of the virus."
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) October 19, 2022
… "but it will be a boon to pharmaceutical companies that are seeking liability protection once-and-for-all for the Covid shots."
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) October 19, 2022
Today the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met to discuss and vote on whether or not to add the COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna to the list of recommended childhood vaccines for children six months and older. In a unanimous vote, the ACIP approved the addition. Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are still under emergency use authorization (EUA), making their consideration and approval for inclusion on the Vaccines for Children (VFC) schedule unprecedented.
On October 12, the FDA approved a EUA for the omicron vaccine version from Pfizer for children five and older. The Moderna version earned a EUA for children six and older. The CDC immediately followed suit. Neither agency convened its advisory committees to evaluate the data. The original vaccine series is authorized under a EUA for children older than six months.
The committee emphasized that adding the COVID vaccines to the VFC ensured access to families who cannot afford vaccines and reiterated that the agency does not issue vaccine mandates for school attendance. These statements are performative, as it is well-established that states and school districts use the VFC to issue mandates.
h/t Gray Man