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A federal vaccine advisory committee is preparing to revaluate the childhood vaccination schedule and re -evaluate the long -standing vaccination, a step that triggers alarm on concerns about potential changes for installed vaccine recommendations.
On Wednesday (25 June), the new appointed Advisory Committee on Vaccination Practices (ACIP) first met under its new chair, Martin Kulladorf.
Kulladorf announced the creation of two new work groups: to examine the cumulative effects of all recommended vaccines in children and adolescents, and another to review the vaccines that have not been evaluated.
Kuldorf said during the meeting, “The vaccines that our children and teenagers get today are more than today what children get in other developed countries and most of us got when we were children when we were children.”
He said: “In addition to studying and evaluating individual vaccines, it is important to evaluate the cumulative impact of the recommended vaccine schedule. This includes interaction effects between various vaccines, total number of vaccines, cumulative amounts of vaccine materials and relative time.”
Hepatitis B and MMR under vaccine reviews
Kulladorf explained that the committee’s subjects can consider whether Hepatitis B Shots should be given to newborns before hospital discharge.
The group can also determine the possibility of recommending separate measles, kanthamala and rubella (MMR) and varicella vaccine instead of joint MMRV shot, and focus on adjusting MMR dosage time to address some religious objections.
“It was considered a regular practice of Acip, but it is not done in a completely and systematic manner,” Kulladorf said. “We are learning more about vaccines over time, and to stay right for evidence-based medicine, we have a duty and a responsibility to be up-to-date with scientific research.”
A controversial shake-up
Earlier this month, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior removed all 17 members of the previous ACIP and appointed eight new members, many of which have expressed doubts about childhood vaccines.
Kennedy had previously criticized the current vaccine policies.
“When I was a child I got three vaccines,” said Kennedy. “Today they get 69 to 92 jobs between conception and when they become 18 years old.”
Kennedy has often claimed that today’s vaccination schedule is excessive and has not been adequately examined.
Pediatricians push back
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) condemned rapid development. In a video statement, AAP said: “The vaccination policy through ACIP is no longer a reliable process.”
The group promised to publish its independent vaccine recommendations for children, regardless of ACIP discussion.
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