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Secretary Kennedy and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) asked the public for feedback on how the CDC vaccine schedule places vaccines into routine, risk-based, and shared clinical decision-making categories. ICAN has submitted a comment, speaking up for the countless parents who have been badgered and bullied for refusing to follow “The Schedule” without question.
In August, HHS issued a formal “Request for Information” from the public regarding the current vaccine categories, which are reflected on the CDC Immunization Schedule. Here are the key arguments we made on your behalf:
The bottom line: every single vaccine decision should be made pursuant to shared clinical decision-making. Meaning, vaccines should be treated like every other medical intervention—a physician and patient must consider the individual’s medical history, risk factors, and personal values before any vaccination. No government recommendation should predetermine a medical decision for any individual patient!
Second, CDC shouldn’t recommend any vaccine without adequate clinical trial data. ICAN called on HHS to require that every recommended vaccine be backed by randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trials with safety review periods of at least one to four years, depending on the targeted age group. If a current vaccine doesn’t meet those standards, ICAN argued that the CDC recommendation should be withdrawn.
Third, vaccine recommendations should be reviewed each year, and continued recommendation should be based on the latest safety and efficacy data. This would mandate that HHS identify the most commonly claimed injuries once a vaccine is in use and then do a proper causality assessment for each injury—and if it doesn’t, the CDC recommendation should be withdrawn.
Finally, ICAN demanded that the HHS vaccine safety surveillance systems be completely overhauled. We detailed how four safety systems—VAERS, V-safe, CISA, and VSD—are fundamentally compromised. ICAN called for updated systems, automated adverse event reporting, and public access to de-identified VSD data so independent scientists can finally conduct real safety studies.
HHS received 35,660 comments on this subject. Let’s hope it actually enacts meaningful reform.
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