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U.S. slashes childhood vaccine schedule

US childhood vaccine schedule reduced

U.S. childhood immunisation guidance has been scaled back, with the recommended routine vaccines reduced from 17 to 11 under new rules issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Core shots such as measles, polio and whooping cough remain universal, while others — including hepatitis A and B and the Covid-19 mRNA gene therapy — are now advised based on risk and shared decision-making between families and clinicians.

The overhaul forms part of broader health policy changes under President Donald Trump, led by Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr., who said the review was exhaustive and aimed at restoring trust, transparency and informed consent in public health.

Under the revised schedule, vaccines for MMR, polio, tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, Hib, pneumococcal disease, HPV and chickenpox remain standard for all children. Vaccines for RSV, hepatitis A and B, dengue and meningococcal disease are recommended based on risk, while Covid-19, influenza and rotavirus vaccines are left to individual clinical judgement.

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    • Agree.
      Not only that. DOCTORS used to have the admiration of the people as being reliable authorities, upstanding citizens, like fire fighters or -dare I say- police.
      Doctors, by being compliant to the covid crime, have frizzled away any remnant of health authority the population had garnered for them, apart of the ones who have resisted, and these are the ones to be consulted on Koha principle, because they will prescribe NATURE to amend any ailments. You do not need pharma…you need nature and natural food.
      And grace, if your time is up.

      • I just call everthing whaka ora, te kainga tahi, or some other such name. I am honestly so confused I have no idea what is what any more. I cant tell the difference between the transport agency and the children’s one. My bad.

        None of these words were around when I was growing up with 50% Maori at my school. The best we got was nohi. Kaka or something about your puku. I suspect many of my Maori school mates are in the same boat as me.

        Unless everyone is taught at a young age, you can forget trying to rewrite our language. This business of Aotearoa as well irks me. As a country we either decide to rename ourselves or forget it. – it’s not something that should be forced on people unless they want it.

  1. It is not enough.

    No child needs a vaccine, these products deliberately destroy the child’s immune system to turn them into permanent customers of the pharmaceutical industry.

    This is also why they have demonized breast feeding. Mothers milk contains colostrum which is rich in antibodies and nutrients that help build a newborn’s immune system. It is thicker and more yellow than regular breast milk and is crucial for the health of infants in their early days.

    Without this a child fails to develop a robust immune system and is prone to childhood diseases and life long poor health.

    The childhood vaccine schedule is one of the worst crimes against humanity ever inflicted on the human race and yet continues to go unchallenged and unpunished with parents demonized, ostracized, and stripped of their parental rights if they do not comply.

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