Note: Panel recommendations don’t mean the multi-dose vials are banned; FDA would need to revoke approval.
Again, let me direct you to its website:
https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/safety-availability-biologics/thimerosal-and-vaccines
(Archive it quickly!)
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#USA #USgov #CDC #FDA #HHS #vaccines #VaccinePanel #cdc_vaccine_panel #influenza #ACIP
Anyway, “The risk from influenza is so much greater than the nonexistent, as far as we know, risk from thimerosal,” said Dr. Meissner, a pediatrician who had the loner dissenting vote on the #vaccine recommendation panel.
Furthermore, thimerosal-free flu shots account for the majority of doses given in the #USA, ~ 4% to 5% (last flu season).
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#health #CDC #cdc_vaccine_panel #ACIP #vaccines #influenza
#RFKJr #CDC #vaccine advisory committee recommends against #flu #vaccines
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (#ACIP), made up of members recently hand-selected by #HHS Secy Robert F. Kennedy Jr., voted 5-1 on Thurs to recommend against #FluBaccines containing the preservative #thimerosal.
One committee member, Vicky Pebsworth, abstained on each vote.
#Trump #USpol #law #health #PublicHealth #policy #science #medicine #AntiVax #ConspiracyTheories #eugenics
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/cdc-vaccine-advisory-committee-recommends-flu-vaccines-thimerosal/story?id=123224218
#PSA via Scientific American:
"Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin."
*if you can* print these schedules and keep them handy.
Multiple #PublicHealth experts expressed alarm over the panel’s new focus.
“It’s critically important to reevaluate #vaccine recommendations as #science changes—that’s the job of #ACIP,” said Chrissie Juliano, exec dir of the Big Cities Health Coalition. “But it’s equally important to do so only when the science actually changes, not because the *perspective* of an Administration or new appointees.”
Doctors, insurers, pharmacists & medical & #PublicHealth groups are closely following #ACIP decisions. The cmte’s decisions also guide #vaccine requirements for #school #admissions, affect the ability of pharmacists to administer shots & 
ensure that a govt program continues to give #FREE #vaccinations to roughly HALF OF #CHILDREN in the #UnitedStates.
Dr. Judy Stone has an update at Forbes about #vaccine policy since #RFKJr replaced longstanding #CDC advisors: "Kennedy has previously lied about #mRNA vaccines. He has unilaterally delayed and limited #COVID19 vaccines and is demanding unethical blinded trials be done in the future. It is likely that the new #ACIP members will further restrict the vaccines. We also won’t have a #BirdFlu vaccine for the foreseeable future because of their fears about mRNA vaccines." https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2025/06/23/what-to-expect-as-the-new-vaccine-advisory-committee-meets-this-week/
Action item for US residents: you have until 11:59PM on Friday June 20th (EDT) to submit public comment on #ACIP ’s next meeting.
This is the board of CDC experts that RFK Jr fired on June 9th and replaced with shills. In the normal process of determining CDC vaccine recommendations, ACIP reviews the data on FDA approved vaccines and *then* the CDC announces recommendations for who should get the vaccine, and how often. This time RFK Jr side-stepped that process and announced
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“Despite recent suggestions to the contrary, health care providers and the US public trust #ACIP. For the past 18 years, the National Immunization Survey has shown that 99 of every 100 children in the US have received at least some recommended vaccines by 2 years of age, consistent with acceptance of ACIP recommendations implemented by trusted clinicians (National Immunization Survey - Child of Healthy People 2030). (2/6)
#RFKJr’s decision to “retire” the previous 17-member panel was widely decried by doctors’ groups & #PublicHealth orgs, who feared the advisers would be replaced by a group aligned w/RFKJr’s desire to *reassess*—& possibly end—longstanding #vaccination recommendations.
The new appointees to the Advisory Cmte on #Immunization Practices [#ACIP] include Dr. #RobertMalone, the fmr mRNA researcher who emerged as a close adviser to RFKJr in the #measles #outbreak.
RFK Jr dismantling ACIP is one of his most dangerous moves yet.
It’s a death knell to public health.
It will cause untold amounts of harm to disabled, elderly & high risk people.
People who society won’t fight for. By the time people realize how bad it is, it may be too late.
Archer also asked to know what adjuvants & platforms are being used for all the #vaccines discussed at the #ACIP meeting, & their length of immunity.
#RFKJr is currently reviewing the latest ACIP recommendations in the absence of a #CDC director, & it is unclear whether the #HHS secretary will ultimately sign off on them.
The decision will impact #PublicHealth & major drug companies.
Data presented to #ACIP today suggest there may be a link between #RSV vaccine — particularly Pfizer's — & Guillain-Barré syndrome. But it's too soon to say if there is a true association or, if there is, how big it is. #CDC says benefits still outweigh risks. https://www.statnews.com/2024/02/29/rsv-vaccines-may-be-linked-to-small-increased-risk-of-developing-guillain-barre-syndrome/
Okay, so ACIP said that everyone over 65 should get a repeat covid vax "in the spring." Is there any guidance on when "spring" is in terms of months after "fall" vax? I live in Alaska and I can guarantee you that our spring isn't when those committee members are thinking it is. #covid #acip #cdc @augieray
#ACIP supports a universal recommendation for #Covid boosters, so the Pfizer & Moderna vaccines will be available within days. Novavax is still working its way through FDA approval. A universal rec means insurance coverage for the shots, for people with insurance. My colleague Jason Mast reports. https://www.statnews.com/2023/09/12/covid-vaccine-new-pfizer-moderna-recommendation/
US health authorities want to convey a message about the looming arrival of #RSV, #flu and probably more #Covid: We're on it! #ACIP meets Sept 12 to review new Covid boosters; they should be available soon after. https://www.statnews.com/2023/08/25/us-health-officials-lay-out-plans-covid-rsv-flu/
CDC's vaccine advisory committee, #ACIP, voted today to recommend use of AstraZeneca & Sanofi's Beyfortus, a monoclonal antibody to protect babies against #RSV. Could be a gamechanger. Jason Mast reports. https://www.statnews.com/2023/08/03/cdc-advisers-endorse-rsv-monoclonal-antibody-for-infants-high-risk-young-children/
This could be a game changer for a dreadful disease that affects young children. FDA has approved Beyfortus, the AstraZeneca/Sanofi monoclonal to protect against severe #RSV infection in babies.
#ACIP meets on this on Aug. 3. https://www.statnews.com/2023/07/17/fda-approves-rsv-monoclonal-antibody-for-infants-young-children-at-high-risk/
#ACIP foregoes a stronger "should" recommendation, votes that adults 60 & older "may" get an #RSV vaccine if they & their health-care provider deem it of value to them.
This would not have been the recommendation #GSK & #Pfizer were hoping for.
https://www.statnews.com/2023/06/21/cdc-advisory-panel-recommends-seniors-may-get-rsv-vaccine/
An FDA advisory committee voted to recommend use of AstraZeneca & Sanofi nirsevimab, a monoclonal antibody, to protect young kids from #RSV.
The full day meeting was about safety & efficacy; debate about costs & implementation challenges will come when this gets to #ACIP. https://www.statnews.com/2023/06/08/fda-advisers-recommend-approval-of-monoclonal-antibody-to-protect-newborns-and-young-children-from-rsv/
