Turns Out That RFK Jr.’s Plan to Make America Healthy Again Doesn’t Include Most Pregnant Women or Children

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. introduced Tuesday that the Department of Health and Human Services will now not suggest that “healthy” pregnant girls and kids obtain the COVID vaccine, in spite of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently advising that each one Americans six months and older obtain the up to date vaccine, and caution that being pregnant places other people in danger of turning into critically in poor health from the virus, in addition to struggling critical being pregnant headaches.

In a sub-60-second video posted on X, Kennedy—who has mentioned his mind was once in part eaten by way of a malicious program that crawled inside of and died—smiles whilst stating he “couldn’t be more pleased to announce that as of today the COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from the CDC-recommended immunization schedule.” He provides: “We’re now one step closer to realizing President Trump’s promise to make America healthy again.”

National Institutes of Health director Jay Bhattacharya, who additionally seems within the video, as does Food and Drug Administration commissioner Martin Makary, calls the verdict “common sense” and “good science.” Makary claims, “There’s no evidence healthy kids need it today, and most countries have stopped recommending it for children.”

As The Washington Post notes, “the social media post did not offer a detailed explanation about the move.” Georges C. Benjamin, the manager director of the American Public Health Association, informed the opening he was once ignorant of any information supporting Kennedy and Co.’s claims. “Are they making this decision without going to any of their advisory committees?” Benjamin mentioned. “Show us the evidence, the studies that have been done.… I don’t know of any.”

In reality, the CDC has in the past mentioned pregnant individuals are at upper chance of turning into very in poor health from COVID and are at an higher chance of being pregnant headaches—together with stillbirth. Last 12 months, a learn about from the Cleveland Clinic, revealed in The EMBO Journal, confirmed that “mild and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections can trigger immune responses in a pregnant individual that may cause serious inflammatory responses in the developing fetus.” Receiving the vaccine all through being pregnant additionally supplies coverage for new child small children, who’re at prime chance of growing critical headaches. “It’s really concerning,” Sean O’Leary, MD, chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Infectious Diseases, informed NPR. “I think it’s going to be confusing not only for parents but also for public health professionals and medical professionals as well. This takes away choice.” Steven J. Fleischman, MD, president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, mentioned in a commentary, “As ob-gyns who treat patients every day, we have seen firsthand how dangerous COVID infection can be during pregnancy and for newborns who depend on maternal antibodies from the vaccine for protection. The science has not changed. It is very clear that COVID infection during pregnancy can be catastrophic and lead to major disability.”

Currently, the CDC website states that COVID vaccination for children “is safe,” that “getting vaccinated helps protect children against COVID-19,“ and that “children who have already had COVID-19 should still get vaccinated.” Last 12 months, a learn about published in JAMA concluded that its “analysis of 3,913,063 cases suggest reduced pediatric SARS-CoV-2 transmission following immunization,” and that “these results support the use of COVID-19 vaccines to reduce COVID-19 incidence and hospitalization in pediatric populations.”