CDC blindsided as RFK Jr. changes vaccine recommendations

The Washington Post ^ | May 28, 2025 | ena H. Sun

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Agency officials were not aware that the HHS secretary was going to change the recommended vaccine schedule.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s surprise announcement Tuesday ending coronavirus vaccine recommendations for healthy children and pregnant women blindsided the agency that offers that advice, according to current and former federal health officials.

Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are scrambling to understand Kennedy’s decision, announced in a 58-second video on X on Tuesday

Five hours later, CDC officials received a one-page “secretarial directive,” dated May 19 and signed by Kennedy, that contradicts some of what he said in his video, according to two current and one former health officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation.

In his tweet and video, Kennedy said he had unilaterally decided to override the current recommendation that everyone 6

Officials at the CDC learned of that decision “when it was tweeted. People were scrambling to find out what it meant,” one federal health official said. The letter was distributed to the CDC in the afternoon, causing

In his video, Kennedy also said federal health officials had removed the previous recommendations from the agency website. But top CDC officials did not know of the decision at the time, according to one official, and as of Wednesday that removal still had not happened for the millions of people who rely on the site for health-care guidance.

The directive raises questions about who should be getting the vaccine because it refers to both healthy children and all children. “The CDC is directed to remove COVID-19 vaccines from the recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule by Age and recommended vaccines during pregnancy,” the letter states.

“It’s unclear,” the official said.

[cnsmom]

I know menopausal women that suffered reversed menopause after the vaccine and young pregnant women that suffered painful miscarriages and D & C procedures. That vaccine was population control via Gates.

[princess leah]

I wondered about m nephews wife who was diagnosed with breast cancer 6 months ago if her getting all the vaccines could have played a part?