CDC-ի հանձնաժողովը վերանայեց նորածինների համար հեպատիտ B պատվաստանյութի առաջարկությունները

"...pleas from public health experts to uphold recommendations for the vaccine that protects against an incurable infection..."

"...heated debate and confusion that included misinterpreted data..."

"...despite the fact that the hepatitis B vaccine has been safely given to newborns for decades..."

"...urged the panel to reconsider changing the current recommendation..."

"...unnecessary solution looking to find a problem to solve..."

"...endanger children..."

"...a lot of misinformation presented in the last couple of days..."

"...concern about vaccinating during the neonatal period, a critical window of development for the brain and immune system..."

"...doing harm by changing this wording..."

"...confusing we make these recommendations, the harder this is going to be for clinicians to implement..."

"...questioned how feasible it would be to test babies for hepatitis B antibodies, which requires a blood draw..."

"...doing less things that might traumatize our babies, why would we be giving them blood draws?..."

"...who's going to agree to that?..."

"...evidence does not support a universal birth dose for hepatitis B..."

"...we have to listen to those parents and be honest with them that there is no scientific evidence that there's a benefit of doing it on the first day of life versus at age 10 or 12..."

"...strongly disagree..."

"...delaying the shots could lead to more infections..."

"...plummeted among children after the CDC began recommending a universal birth dose in 1991..."

"...estimated that hepatitis B vaccination prevented more than 6 million infections and nearly 1 million hospitalizations..."