Rep. Sewell Warns New Vaccine Guidelines Endanger Kids
West Alabama Democrat Congresswoman Terri Sewell (District 6) has written to Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. criticizing this week's announced childhood vaccine overhaul.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta released new guidelines that drop the number of diseases children should be vaccinated against from 17 to 11.
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The new list of recommended vaccines, issued by the CDC on Monday, includes polio and measles vaccines, but others, like hepatitis A and B, and Covid vaccines, are recommended based on risk and "shared clinical decision-making" between doctors and parents, the announcement said.
“President Trump directed us to examine how other developed nations protect their children and to take action if they are doing better,” Kennedy stated in the press release. “After an exhaustive review of the evidence, we are aligning the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule with international consensus while strengthening transparency and informed consent. This decision protects children, respects families, and rebuilds trust in public health.”
In a statement on her Facebook site, Sewell reacted to the announcement, "The decision by RFK Jr. to overhaul the childhood vaccine schedule is profoundly dangerous. It will make our country sicker and put our children’s lives at risk.
"I’m demanding that the evidence-based vaccine schedule be reinstated immediately."
Sewell went on to say, "A decrease in childhood immunizations will result in increased pediatrician and emergency room visits, hospitalizations and deaths. It is especially egregious to do this after this administration slashed Medicaid, health insurance that nearly half the children in this country depend on."
Right-wing groups like the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Moms are praising the reduction. Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville also backs Kennedy's skepticism of vaccines.
The American Academy of Pediatrics describing it as "a dangerous move that will harm children". They fear the reemergence of diseases vaccines have virtually wiped out.
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