Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reportedly considering removing the coronavirus vaccine from the government’s official childhood vaccine schedule.
According to Politico, which spoke to “two people familiar with the discussions,” this move would drop the jab from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) official guidance for childhood vaccines. However, the outlet makes clear that no decision has been made at this point.
“The specifics of the removal are still under discussion and could change, said the two people, who were granted anonymity to discuss private deliberations,” Politico reported.
HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon also confirmed that “no final decision has been made.”
Currently, the schedule has one or more doses of the 2024-2025 vaccine recommended for children as young as 6 months old up to 15 months.
That vaccine is listed again in the section for children 18 months up to 18 years, again recommending one or more doses of the 2024–2025 vaccine.
A more detailed breakdown for the coronavirus vaccine for those 6 months to 4 years recommends doses from the same manufacturer. For Moderna, for example, it recommends two doses. For the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, it recommends three doses for that age group.
It is now well known that the coronavirus vaccine does not prevent transmission of the virus, nor does it prevent one from contracting it, either, despite misinformation peddled by Democrats such as former President Joe Biden — who threatened unvaccinated Americans — during the pandemic.
The potential move comes as RFK Jr. makes waves with a series of announcements as of late, teasing this month that the Trump administration plans to release a series of studies to help identify “precisely what environmental toxins” are causing autism. During the announcement, Kennedy pointed out that the autism rate is continuing to rise, as 1 in 31 children in the U.S. now have autism. He referred to this as an “epidemic.”
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