Trump lauds CDC panel’s hepatitis B vote, calls it ‘very good decision’

He denounced the United States’ current vaccine schedule, which requires 72 jabs for perfectly healthy babies, stating that the number was far more than any other country in the world and “far more than necessary”.

The US president further said that he has directed federal health officials to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of vaccine schedules from other countries, aiming to align the US schedule with “the Gold Standard of Science.”

“The American Childhood Vaccine Schedule long required 72 “jabs,” for perfectly healthy babies, far more than any other Country in the World, and far more than is necessary. In fact, it is ridiculous! Many parents and scientists have been questioning the efficacy of this “schedule,” as have I! That is why I have just signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the Department of Health and Human Services to “FAST TRACK” a comprehensive evaluation of Vaccine Schedules from other Countries around the World, and better align the U.S. Vaccine Schedule, so it is finally rooted in the Gold Standard of Science and COMMON SENSE! I am fully confident Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and the CDC, will get this done, quickly and correctly, for our Nation’s Children,” Trump said.

US advisory panel rolls back hepatitis B vaccine recommendation

A federal vaccine advisory committee in the US voted, on Friday, to end the longstanding recommendation that all babies receive the hepatitis B vaccine on the day of birth.

The vaccine advisory committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), appointed by vaccine-sceptic US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, on Friday, recommended the birth dose only for babies whose mothers test positive, and in cases where the mom wasn’t tested.

For other babies, it will be up to the parents and their doctors to decide if a birth dose is appropriate, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) said.

The committee also suggested that when a family decides not to get a birth dose, then the vaccination series should begin when the child is 2 months old.

Committee members said the risk of infection for most babies is very low and that earlier research that found the shots were safe for infants was inadequate.

“If you’re a baby that was born to a mother that was tested negative to hep B, you need to realize as a parent that your risk of infection throughout your early stage of life, and probably throughout most of your childhood, is extremely low… As a parent, we encourage you, in consultation with your physician, to think very carefully. Do you want to expose your child, your baby, to an intervention that could have some potential harms when the risk is so low?,” ACIP member Retsef Levi told Reuters.