Matters to Be Considered by RFK Jr's New ACIP Committee
Will they simply rubber stamp RFK Jr's anti-vaccine agenda?
A little over two weeks after Secretary RFK Jr’s fired all 17 ACIP committee members and replaced them with 8 of his handpicked choices, we will have our next ACIP meeting.
Meetings that typically take months of prep time…
Matters to Be Considered by RFK Jr's New ACIP Committee
And at this meeting, Secretary RFK Jr’s new ACIP Committee members are expected to consider the following matters:
“The agenda will include discussions on anthrax vaccines, chikungunya vaccines, COVID-19 vaccines, cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccine, Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, influenza vaccines, Lyme disease vaccine, meningococcal vaccines, pneumococcal vaccines, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccines for adults, and RSV vaccines for maternal and pediatric populations.”
A Notice by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on 06/09/2025
And will include the following votes:
“Recommendation votes are scheduled for COVID-19 vaccines, HPV vaccine, influenza vaccines, meningococcal vaccine, RSV vaccines for adults, and RSV vaccine for maternal and pediatric populations. Vaccines for Children (VFC) votes are scheduled for COVID-19 vaccines, HPV vaccine, influenza vaccines, and RSV vaccines.”
A Notice by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on 06/09/2025
Votes that can affect which vaccines are on the immunization schedule.
“Children and families must be able to access the immunizations they need to stay healthy. Our vaccine infrastructure must include this critical step of nonpartisan, expert review and discussion of the science and clinical recommendations for individual vaccines. Families and children will be the ones to pay the price for this decision.”
AAP Statement on Changes to Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
Votes that can affect which vaccines are available to us and to our children.
Votes that the previous ACIP committee members should be making!
Committee members who should be reinstated, and Secretary RFK Jr fired, instead of allowing these new folks to simply rubber-stamp RFK Jr’s anti-vaccine agenda.
References
A Notice by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on 06/09/2025 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/09/2025-10432/meeting-of-the-advisory-committee-on-immunization-practices
AAP Statement on Changes to Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices https://www.aap.org/en/news-room/news-releases/aap/2025/aap-statement-on-changes-to-advisory-committee-on-immunization-practices/