CDC Vaccine Policy Dispute After Trump’s Hepatitis B Claim

“Today, the CDC Vaccine Committee made a very good decision to END their Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommendation for babies, the vast majority of whom are at NO RISK of Hepatitis B, a disease that is mostly transmitted sexually, or through dirty needles,” Trump wrote. 

“The American Childhood Vaccine Schedule long required 72 ‘jabs,’ for perfectly healthy babies, far more than any other Country in the World, and far more than is necessary,” Trump said. “In fact, it is ridiculous!”

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), a key advisory vaccine panel within the CDC, on Friday voted 8-3 in favor of lifting a recommendation that all newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccination at birth. 
Health experts, including a trustee of the American Medical Association, have denounced the vote, warning that it may lead to fewer infants receiving the previously recommended number of vaccinations.

Under the panel’s favored guidelines, the birth dose of the vaccination is only recommended for infants whose mothers test positive for hepatitis B. The acting CDC director needs to endorse the ACIP’s recommendation in order for it to go into effect.

Infants usually need three shots for full immunization: one administered at birth, another shot three months later and a final shot between the age of six to 15 months. 
“Many parents and scientists have been questioning the efficacy of this ‘schedule,’ as have I!” Trump’s post continued. “That is why I have just signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the Department of Health and Human Services to ‘FAST TRACK’ a comprehensive evaluation of Vaccine Schedules from other Countries around the World, and better align the U.S. Vaccine Schedule, so it is finally rooted in the Gold Standard of Science and COMMON SENSE!”