ITASCA, Il. — For the first time in 30-years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is diverging their recommendations away from the Centers for Disease Control’s stance on vaccines for children.
Since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was appointed at the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary, the CDC has changed it’s stance on vaccinating children. Under the new recommendations from May, the CDC is no longer saying that children 6-months to two years old “should be” vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine or the seasonal flu shot. Instead it’s saying that all adults 65 years and older “should be” vaccinated for COVID-19 and the flu.
Now the American Academy of Pediatrics is diverting away from the CDC recommendation by still recommending that children of all ages should get vaccinated and immunized for both influenza and COVID-19…