Why RFK’s CDC Is Endorsing ‘Shared Decisionmaking’ for Vaccines

HHS/CDC shifted several childhood vaccines to shared clinical decisionmaking, hHS removed universal recommendations for six childhood vaccines and placed them under shared clinical decisionmaking.

CDC applied shared clinical decisionmaking to Covid-19 vaccines, cDC applied the term to Covid-19 vaccines in May of the previous year for healthy children aged 6 months to 17 years.

Dropped universal recommendations for five named vaccines, In January, universal recommendations for hepatitis A, hepatitis B, influenza, meningococcal ACWY, and rotavirus were removed.

HHS spokesperson stated CDC uses shared clinical decisionmaking for some vaccinations, hHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said the CDC applies shared clinical decisionmaking when individuals may benefit from vaccination.

Jennifer Nuzzo said shared clinical decisionmaking labeling implies uncertainty, jennifer Nuzzo said labeling vaccines as requiring shared clinical decisionmaking implies uncertainty about safety or benefits.