Vaccine advisors chosen by RFK Jr. were confused about who they were voting for

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Hand-picked by vaccine advisors Health and Human Services Secretary robert f kennedy jr Expressed confusion about a vote that could reshape federal guidance on hepatitis B vaccinationAccording to a new report.

Members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) – which were appointed by Kennedy earlier this year – appeared surprised According to the CNN report, the information regarding the voting to be held on Thursday was given after several changes in the language.

As a result, voting was moved to Friday.

“This is the third version of most questions [ACIP] received within 72 hours, committee member Dr. Joseph Hibbeln said Thursday. We are trying to evaluate a moving target.

Vaccine advisers chosen by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were confused about who they were voting for ahead of potential changes to hepatitis B vaccines, according to a new report.

Vaccine advisers chosen by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were confused about who they were voting for ahead of potential changes to hepatitis B vaccines, according to a new report. ,Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images,

The hepatitis B vaccine helps protect against the virus that causes liver disease, and it is currently recommended Recommended by the CDC for all infants, children, and adults up to age 59. Universal vaccination of infants has been recommended since 1991.

But, while medical experts insist on its safety, vaccine skeptics also insist on its safety usefulness questioned According to, giving everyone a shot politico,

The confusion began when Dr. Robert Malone, the ACIP vice president who ran Thursday’s meeting, read a motion to end the vaccine recommendation for children whose mothers tested negative for the virus. Their proposal also states that newborns who do not receive the vaccine should wait at least two months before starting the series, which usually involves three shots.

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Since this proposal conflicted with the language of CDC’s own website, it caused consternation among some members. They were planning to vote on whether babies born to mothers with unknown infection status should be vaccinated.

“We really need to know what we’re voting on,” an unidentified person said during a livestream of the committee meeting on Thursday, according to CNN.

Malone described this as an “audio/visual cohesion” issue, noting that the updated voting language could not be immediately presented on the slides. Eventually, a break was announced to “sort things out.”

Dr. Robert Malone listens during a meeting of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices before a possible vote on changes to the childhood vaccination schedule and delaying hepatitis B shots

Dr. Robert Malone listens during a meeting of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices before a possible vote on changes to the childhood vaccination schedule and delaying hepatitis B shots ,getty images,

This is not the first time that voting on the hepatitis B vaccine has been delayed.

The committee was initially expected to vote on proposed changes to hepatitis B vaccination in September. But it was redefined after there was not enough evidence to ensure a “confident evidence-based recommendation,” Malone said.

Kennedy, a longtime vaccine skeptic, fired all 17 members Committee this summer. He replaced them with eight new members, whom he said were “committed to evidence-based medicine, gold-standard science, and common sense.” But the move worried some medical experts, who noted at the time that some of the new members had been critical of vaccinations.

Although the committee’s guidelines are not prescriptive, the CDC generally follows its recommendations. The guidelines influence what doctors advise patients, shape state vaccine policies and help determine insurance coverage.

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