RFK Jr. vaccine panel Covid shot recommendations
Listen to a presentation about COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) during the meeting of the Advisory Committee (Acıp), Atlanta, Georgia, US vaccination practices (ACIP) in the USA on 19 September 2025.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. weakened the vaccine panel in the United States on Friday and advised all Americans to buy one on the basis of consultations with a healthcare provider.
The panel, called immune practices or Acıp Advisory Committee, suggested that 6 months or more people receive vaccines called “shared clinical decisions”, which expresses the decision process between a healthcare provider and the patient or the protector. The group also voted to emphasize that Covid vaccine is useful for those with high risk of severe disease.
. Guidance breaks from previous yearsThe Committee suggested that all 6 -month Americans get an updated Covid shot.
Kennedy, after overthrowing all the previous members in June, the panel appoints various vocal critics of Mrna Covid shots. ACIP sets suggestions on who should take certain shooting and which vaccine insurers should meet free of charge.
Professor of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Retsef Levi, speaks at the meeting of the Advisory Committee of the Advisory Committee of the Disease Control and Prevention Centers in Atlanta, Georgia and Georgia on September 19, 2025.
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In addition, after Kennedy’s latest movements to change the US Covid vaccine policy, he confused many Americans and created new obstacles for people who have reached vaccines for some people. Disease Control and Prevention Centers reduced Covid shooting suggestions for healthy children and pregnant women, and the Food and Pharmaceutical Administration approved the limits of who can get new Covid jabs.
At the beginning of this month, the CDC, which was dismissed by his last director Trump administration, still has to adopt the proposals of the panel.
Public health experts, CNBC, weakening for CNBC for Covid vaccines, some people – especially with healthy adults and children with children in rural areas – he said that it can make it difficult to reach the shooting and coincide with insurance. The ability to receive vaccines will probably vary according to the state: in a break from federal directives, four democratic states on Wednesday WIDE AREAS RECOMMENDED The population receives an updated Covid shot, including everyone who chooses to protect “.
Nevertheless, any new boundary on access can further weaken vaccination rates against the virus and increase the threat of dissemination.
A The work has been published On Thursday, Jama Network Open showed that recent guidance has the potential to adhere to a universal Covid vaccine recommendation in the United States, which has more hospitalization and death prevention potential than limiting consultation and deaths to high -risk groups.
Numerous studies have shown that shooting using MRNA technology, including COVID vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, is safe and effective, and in extremely rare cases, serious side effects. An article in August Covid vaccinations estimated that between 2020 and October 2024, the world, mostly among elderly adults, has saved more than 2 million lives.
A large health insurance group member plans on Wednesday It will cover all vaccines Despite the changes made by the new Arduvaz of the appointed by Covid and Flu beats updated by Acıp, it is already recommended this week. The group’s member plans, American health insurance plans offer collective scope and services to more than 200 million Americans. More than a dozen blue cross -blue shield plan includes Centene, CVS’s Aetna, Elevance Health, Humana, Kaiser Permanente, Molina and Cigna.
Discussing Covid vaccines
Retsef Levi, a member, led a working group that reviewed the data and proposed suggestions around Covid vaccines. Levi’s presentation of the group’s findings questioned the security and effectiveness of Covid shots and aroused doubt about MRNA technology.
“We have a series of things that show that you don’t really work as it is intended on the MRNA platforms,” he said. Levi, who had previously pushed MRNA to quit.
He said that the majority of the study group would be “appropriate” on whether or not to receive a Covid vaccine, and that people think that people should take a prescription for firing. Levi, some patients, as part of the prescription, should be discussed with a doctor before previous infections or different comorbidities, “you reach a nuance level,” he said.
However, he is a member of a working group. Henry Bernstein said during an additional presentation that “shared clinical decision -making and the need for prescribed, an obstacle to vaccination access.”
“Simple, stable suggestions can increase the vaccine scope. Covid-19 vaccines are extremely safe and effective,” Bernstein said, “Simple, stable suggestions.” He’s not a member of Kennedy’s panel.
“COVİD-19 vaccination is important for pregnant women, pediatric patients, especially under two years of age, people of 65 years and older, for all ages with a weak immune system, medical conditions and everyone who feels that they want to protect for themselves or their families.” He said.
