The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced plans to drop recommendations for pregnant women and healthy children to get COVID-19 vaccines. The decision has Lane County’s Senior Public Health Officer noting some discrepancies.
Dr. Patrick Luedtke said the vaccine decision made by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., conflicts with what the Food and Drug Administration data show.
“The available science we have hasn’t changed in the last 6 to 12 months,” Luedtke said. “We know that pregnant women who become sick with COVID are at significantly high risk of severe disease including death. We also know the baby can suffer.”…