CDC-ի խորհրդատվական հանձնաժողովը հետաձգում է նորածինների հեպատիտ B պատվաստման հետաձգման վերաբերյալ քվեարկությունը

"...The unorthodox decision follows a chaotic, unconventional voting process for the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), whose 12 members were all appointed under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the last few months. Many have expressed skepticism about the safety and efficacy of vaccines...."

"...ACIP member Dr. Robert Malone said Thursday that the committee took up the subject because "a significant population" in the U.S. has concerns about vaccine policy, including giving the hepatitis B vaccine at birth...."

"...However, many public health experts questioned the need for a vote without new data to analyze...."

"...Several ACIP members pushed back on what they said were omissions in the CDC's presentations, pointing to individual studies and anecdotes that they said raised questions about neuro-developmental side effects...."

"...Two committee members, Malone and Vicky Pebsworth — both of whom have a history of sharing misinformation about vaccines — said the CDC presentations omitted a 2012 report from the Institute of Medicine. The report said it couldn't determine whether hepatitis B vaccines were associated with brain inflammation because no studies had properly looked at that research question...."

"...Pebsworth also raised concerns about CDC data showing irritability or fussiness in some infants who received the hepatitis B vaccine...."

"...However, such symptoms are hard to attribute to vaccines because infants can be irritable or fussy regardless of vaccination...."

"...Dr. Cody Meissner, a pediatrician and the only current ACIP member who has previously served on the committee, pushed back on Pebsworth's concern, noting that irritability or restlessness "are certainly not objective parameters that should be used to assess safety."..."

"...He added that no vaccine is 100% safe or effective, but that the committee was meant to decide whether protection from vaccines outweighs any possible risks...."

"...Cases of acute hepatitis B infections among children plummeted after the CDC began recommending a universal dose at birth in 1991...."

"...It's unclear whether ACIP will revisit the subject in the future. If they do, liaisons from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, the American College of Physicians and the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine called on the committee to return to a framework for vaccine recommendations that has long guided the advisory panel's decisions. The framework considers a vaccine's risk and benefits, whether a recommendation is feasible and how it would impact health equity...."

"...Dr. Amy Middleman, a liaison for the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, said it's easy to be distracted by conflicting studies...."

"..."I would urge the committee to use the methodical, scientific method to weigh the risks and benefits appropriately," she said...."