A push to require prescriptions for every COVID shot failed in a split vote.

In the 12–0 vote, the committee of advisors selected by anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. adopted a recommendation for adults 65 and older and people aged 6 months to 64 years to get a COVID-19 vaccine based on shared clinical decision-making. After this story was published, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adopted the recommendation, which will broadly maintain requirements that federal and private health insurance plans cover COVID-19 vaccines at no cost.

But the panel today also heard from outside sources who presented unvetted evidence and associations, suggesting COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer and nefariously linger in the body. The members themselves brought their own conspiracy theories and bunkum to the table.

  • Optional@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Generally, the inexperienced and dubiously qualified panel did not have a good grasp of how any of their recommendations would translate to real-world practices.

    For instance, in two other votes related to COVID-19 vaccines this afternoon, the panel voted in favor of recommending changes to informed-consent processes. But it’s entirely unclear what those recommendations mean in practice—if anything.

    As expected, inept idiots incompetently bungled their way to pretty much nothing. Great job fuckwits. Go home. To russia.