So, despite RFJ Jr.'s attempts to stack the deck with anti-vax nut jobs, Hepatitis B vaccination for infants was not rolled back by his pet committee.
My guess is that right now Captain Brain is quoting Max Bialystock right now, "Where did I go right?"
The vaccine advisory panel newly reconfigured by Robert F. Kennedy is delaying its decision on whether to continue recommending that children universally receive their first dose for hepatitis B vaccination at birth.
In a surprise move Friday morning, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) tabled its scheduled vote over the merits of universal hepatitis B vaccination starting at birth—a policy first enshrined by the ACIP over 30 years ago. Experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others strongly pushed back on the change being debated by the ACIP, which would have recommended children whose mothers test negative not receive the vaccine until at least one month of age.
They still opened up the door for a massive explosion in Measles, because they voted to move from the MMRV vaccine to 2 separate shots, which will doubtless result in more missed vaccinations and greater incidence of the diseases.
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