The new ACIP CDC vaccine panel from RFK Jr. holds the first meeting
A general view of the centers for control and prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia.
Tami Chappell | Reuters
A decisive government committee of vaccine advisors has been held on Wednesday on Wednesday, since the secretary for health and human service, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appointed several vaccination critics in the group.
At the beginning of this month, Kennedy removed all members of the Advisory Board Committee on immunization practices or ACIP in a breathtaking step, which advises the centers for the control and prevention of diseases. The group checks vaccine data and gives recommendations that determine who is entitled to record recordings and whether the insurers should cover them, among other things.
ACIP members are independent medical and public experts who are based on recommendations based on strict scientific reviews and evidence. It is unclear how Kennedy's new members will influence the vaccine directive and availability in the USA in view of their skepticism compared to vaccinations
“Vaccines are not all good or bad,” said Dr. Martin Kulldorff, the new Acip chair, in the opening speech.
“If you believe that all vaccines are safe and effective and you all want or that you want to think that all vaccines are dangerous and none of them want, then you don't have much for us. You already know what you want,” said Kulldorff, a biostatistic and epidemiologist who in the COVID-19-pandemic at the early stage and other public health measurements.
“But if you want to know which vaccines are suitable for you and your children and at what age, we will give you evidence -based recommendations,” he added.
During a full-day meeting on Wednesday in Atlanta, the committee will evaluate data on COVID-19-vaccines and RSV shots, with a vote on recommendations for the latter. The group will be called again on Thursday to check data for shots for the flu and other diseases.
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Kulldorff said that ACIP will create new working groups that are employees who published and check unpublished data and develop recommendation options that can be presented to the committee. A new working group will check the schedule for childhood vaccine, while another recordings are examined that have not been subjected to evaluations for more than seven years, he said.
The latter group can examine the generally recommended hepatitis -B vaccine and ask whether it is “wise” to give every newborn the shot before leaving the hospital, including Kulldorff added.
“This should be a regular practice of the ACIP, but it was not done thoroughly and systematically. We will change that,” said Kulldorff.
What new panel members said about vaccines
The eight new members of Kennedy include some well -known vaccine critics such as Dr. Robert Malone.
Malone himself calculates a key role in the creation of mRNA vaccines, but has gained a large followers for unfounded and refused claims on COVID-19 shots.
Another new member, Retsef Levi, has pushed to not give the mRNA vaccines anymore, and incorrectly claimed in a post on X that they caused “serious damage including death, especially in young people”.
Another member, Vicky Pbsworth, is a nurse on the board of the national vaccine information center. This organization was widely criticized as a leading source for misinformation and Fearmongen about immunization.
During the meeting on Wednesday, PEFSWORT announced that it has existence and health sectors, which includes manufacturers of vaccines. But she said her investments come from the amount that the government sees as a conflict of interests and enables her to take part in the Acip meeting.
Kennedy dismissed former ACIP members for describing “persistent conflicts of interest”. But all HHS agencies and their advisory bodies have strict guidelines for conflicts of interest, and there have been no relatives for years.
