Thu Oct 20, 2022 – 6:00 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — An advisory panel of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday officially voted to include the experimental mRNA COVID-19 shots in its 2023 childhood immunization schedule. While the decision does not automatically mandate the jabs, many U.S. states use the immunization schedule to implement mandatory vaccinations for school children.
The 15-member panel of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) made the decision to add the Moderna, Pfizer, and NovaVax COVID shots to the recommended immunization schedules for children and adults ages six months old and up in a unanimous decision October 20.
The CDC just unanimously voted to add COVID-19 vaccine to the child immunization schedule. pic.twitter.com/C1NglOFL8a
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) October 20, 2022
According to the committee, babies, children, and adults should get the initial jabs as well as the boosters when they become eligible for them.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky is expected to rubberstamp the decision.
ACIP committee member Dr. Nirav Shah noted that the addition of “the COVID-19 vaccine to the recommended childhood immunization schedule does not constitute a requirement that any child receive the vaccine.” The
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