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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had removed the COVID-19 vaccine from its recommended immunization schedule, fulfilling the wishes of many Americans who have questioned the vaccine’s effectiveness.
Secretary Kennedy made the announcement in a short video, joined by National Institute of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary.
“I couldn’t be more pleased to announce that, as of today, the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from the CDC recommendation immunization schedule,” Kennedy said.
He continued, “Last year, the Biden administration urged healthy children to get yet another Covid shot despite the lack of any clinical data to support the repeat booster strategy in children.”
Bhattacharya chimed in, “That ends today. It’s common sense and it’s good science.”
Makary noted that there was “no evidence” that healthy kids need repeat COVID-19 shots, and said that “most countries have stopped recommending it for children.”
This announcement comes just a few days after Secretary Kennedy and the MAHA Commission presented President Trump with their first anticipated MAHA Report, which detailed the driving factors behind the chronic disease epidemic in American children today.
The report focused on four primary areas behind the declining quality of kids’ health: lack of physical activity and chronic stress, aggregation of environmental chemicals, poor diet, and overmedicalization.
President Trump has been consistent in his stance regarding the COVID-19 vaccine for children. In 2021, Trump stated that children didn’t need the COVID-19 vaccination, citing their stronger, healthier bodies compared to the elderly.
“…It’s just not the same problem with children. No, I would, generally speaking, not recommend it,” he said.
The removal of the COVID-19 vaccine from the CDC’s recommended schedule is another step forward toward the common-sense health protocols championed by the Trump administration.
“We’re now one step closer to realizing President Trump’s promise to make America healthy again,” Kennedy said in the video.