Democratic-Led States Unveil Plan to Avoid RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vax Nonsense
A coalition of states plans to publish its own vaccine recommendations following the anti-vaccine control by the Secretary of Health and Social Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island have shape The Northeast Public Health Collaborative. New York, which has the largest municipal health service in the independent country in the state, also joined the group.
The group released His first series of COVVI-19 vaccine recommendations on Monday, advising that infants and toddlers aged six to 23 months, as well as adults over 19 “should be vaccinated”. Healthy children aged two to 18 do not need to be vaccinated, but can receive the vaccine, according to the group.
Although the group’s recommendations comply with the advice of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the American Academy of Family Physicians, they vary considerably from those of the federal government.
Last month, Food and Drug Administration approved Updated COVID-19 plans for people aged 65 or over, forcing young adults and children to prove a state of health at high risk, such as asthma or obesity, in order to qualify.
“The Trump administration has moved from its responsibility to protect public health,” wrote the governor of New York Kathy Hochul on x THURSDAY. “Thanks to the Northeast Public Health Collaborative, we make sure that New Yorkers get the facts and the access they need to stay protected.”
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California, Oregon and Washington state have also formed their own health alliance of the west coast to provide independent vaccine recommendations.
Kennedy, who spent a large part of his time promoting Unsecured drug And fear About the side effects of the vaccines, supervised a total upheaval of the CDC advisory committee on vaccination practices. A few days before a next meeting to discuss COVVI-19 vaccinations for the fall, Kennedy added Five new members of the panel, including some skeptics of vaccines that had criticized the vaccination mandates, or minimized the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic. Kennedy had previously added eight new members in June, after rejecting the original 17.
Susan Monarez, the former CDC director, testified Before Wednesday the congress that Kennedy had asked him “to commit, in advance, to approve each” recommendation of the ACIP of the CDC, “regardless of scientific evidence”.
