The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted unanimously to abandon broadly recommending COVID-19 vaccination and shift the COVID-19 vaccination to an individual decision guided by shared decision-making with ahealthcare professional.

The panel, which was handpicked by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., narrowly voted down a proposal that would have recommended that a prescription be required for the vaccine.

ACIP is a group of outside experts whose role is advisory. The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Jim O’Neill, must sign off on the recommendations for them to become official CDC policy, although that is likely a formality. O’Neill also was picked by Kennedy.

It will take months, though, before the practical consequences of the ch

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