The new interim director of the Centers for the Control and Prevention of US diseases. Has announced changes in the recommended vaccination program for adults against COVID-19 and for children against chickenpox.
The changes were expected and they were already observed on recommendations made two weeks ago by the powerful Immunization Advisory Committee of the CDCs. All members of the Committee were recently replaced after the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., dismissed everyone in the previous panel at the beginning of this year.
CDC changes have been criticized by conventional medical groups.
CDCs now recommend that children under 4 no longer receive a combined vaccine that protects against four diseases: chickenpox (also known as chickenpox), measles, paper and rubella. On the other hand, the CDC now recommends two separate shots, only one against the chickenpox and the other that protects against measles, papers and rubella.
The CDCs have also officially raised their recommendation that adults under 65 obtain the updated COVID-19 vaccine. CDC now say that the decision on whether an adult under 65 obtains a COVID-19 vaccine should be based on “individual decision-making” in consultation with health professionals such as a doctor, nurse or pharmacist.
This coincides with a change in the recommendations made with the children's vaccination program earlier this year.
The announcement was made by the interim director of the CDC, Jim O'Neill, the best deputy of Kennedy, a vaccine skeptic. O'Neill replaced Susan Monarch, who was fired as director of the CDC after 29 days at work. Monararez said he was fired after his bosses returned the effort to undermine vaccines; Kennedy said he was fired because he said it wasn't reliable.
O'Neill has no training in medicine or medical care and has degree and mastery titles in humanities, according to The Associated Press, and is a former investor who has been a critic of health regulations. He previously worked in the Department of Health and Human Services, serving six years under President George W. Bush.
O'Neill's announcement said the changes will still allow immunization coverage to continue through programs that include the Vaccines For Children program, the children's health insurance program, Medicare and Medicaid.
The American Academy of Pediatrics at the end of September criticized the change, which eliminated the option for young children to obtain a single shot that can protect against chickenpox, measles, papers and rubella.
The Declaration of the Director of Interim CDC, issued by the Press Office of the Department of Health and Human Services, raised concerns about a greater risk of febrile seizures caused by fever after obtaining the combined chickenpox, measles, papers and the rubella vaccine (known as MMRV) compared to those of the chickenpox vaccine.
The American Academy of Pediatrics said that at a meeting last month, some of the new CDC vaccines advisers “sometimes … misrepresented data and used common conversation points between the anti -caccinos groups. Some seemed unknown to febrile seizures. They also ignored the CDCs that febrile seizures after feverish after and have no long -term impacts.” “.”
The American Family Medical Academy recommends that all adults obtain the updated COVID-19 vaccine, especially those with risk conditions and people who have never received a COVID-19 vaccine.
The California Department of Public Health has slightly different guidelines. The agency recommends that adults under 65 with risk factors obtain the COVID-19 vaccine, as well as all adults who are in close contact with others with risk factors, and all who choose to vaccinate. The agency also recommends that all older people be vaccinated against COVID-19.
