Who’s Calling the Shots for Kids?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) “independent vaccine advisers” voted 15-0 on Oct. 20 to add COVID-19 vaccines to the 2023 childhood, adolescent and adult immunization schedules, prompting Americans to question the integrity of the agency’s panel tasked with making vaccine recommendations for kids. Schools and state legislatures use the CDC’s immunization schedules to set vaccine requirements for students
