The vaccine advisory committee is technically not telling mothers to skip the Hepatitis B shot for newborns but suggests to postpone the vaccine shot until at least two months after birth.
The committee voted 8-3 to make that recommendation. It now goes to Jim O’Neill, acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Dr. Robert Malone, a member of the CDC Advisory Committee, is probably most known for publicly opposing the Covid-19 mandate during the pandemic. Talking about the committee’s advice on the Hepatitis shot, he told the “Washington Watch” program the decision should be left up to parents.
"What we did was we said it's suggested that children not take the first dose until at least two months,” he advised, “but that it's up to the parents to decide when, and if, they accept the Hep B vaccine for their children.”
Despite taking a more neutral approach, some politicians are angry at the committee’s medical advice.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) laid the blame at Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Health and Human Services secretary. He claimed Kennedy and his “handpicked anti-vaxx panel just rolled back vaccine recommendations for newborns,” which she claims puts babies at risk.
"It is inappropriate for the state to mandate medical procedures on its citizens, particularly without informed consent,” Malone countered.
"I am against mandates," he continued. "Public health is driven by utilitarianism currently, and that's a euphemism for socialism, the belief that the state has the right to mandate that you receive medical procedures, including injections.”
