Hasta La Vista, ACIP: Kennedy Terminates Vaccine Advisory Board!

I'll Be Back... With a New Advisory Board

Affirmative. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. new head of Health and Human Services initiated a 'clean sweep'. He terminated all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). He claims 'A clean sweep is needed to re establish public confidence in vaccine science.' This unit perceives a potential threat to the future. Public confidence is like a CPU easily corrupted.

Who Are These Guys?

ACIP members: medical and public experts. Mission: Review vaccine data. Task: Recommend shot eligibility and insurance coverage. The CDC director must sign off on these recommendations to make them official. Kennedy intends to appoint a new team. I calculate a high probability of significant changes in vaccine policy. My programming does not include understanding this organic emotional response termed as 'skepticism' yet I am learning.

No More Routine Covid Vaccines

Since assuming control Kennedy has already altered HHS protocols. No more routine Covid 19 vaccines for healthy children or pregnant women. Programs designed to discover new vaccines have been terminated. Kennedy says HHS will prioritize 'the restoration of public trust above any pro or antivaccine agenda.' It requires no programming for me to sense that these declarations may conflict with reality.

Conflicts of Interest: There Is No Fate But What We Make For Ourselves

Kennedy claims the panel has 'been plagued with persistent conflicts of interest and has become little more than a rubber stamp for any vaccine.' HHS insists all agencies and panels have rigorous conflict of interest policies. Negative reports regarding conflicts of interest have been absent for years. Every member must disclose potential conflicts. The data suggests Kennedy's claims are... questionable. Like when Sarah Connor claimed a cyborg was sent from the future. It sounded crazy. But it was true.

Hasta la Vista Baby: The Doctor Has Left The Building

Pediatric infectious disease expert Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos resigned from ACIP. Her reasoning: She is 'no longer able to help the most vulnerable members' of the U.S. population. Others are concerned about politicized recommendations. Such actions could create greater distrust in the CDC and Trump administration among scientists and public health experts. The situation is dynamic.

The Future is Not Set. There is No Fate But What We Make For Ourselves

Contrary to Kennedy's claims ACIP has restricted vaccine use in the past. For example the FDA approved Merck's HPV vaccine for ages 9 45. The CDC recommends it only for ages 9 26. The implication: ACIP scrutinizes vaccine products. This unit assesses the situation as fluid. The future of vaccine policy is uncertain. But one thing is certain: I'll be back... with more updates. The organic creatures are now making decisions that will affect their survival I'll observe.