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The CDC changed its COVID vaccine guidance. What does that mean for you?

2025/5/29
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Peter J. Hotez
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: 作为卫生与公众服务部部长，我很高兴地宣布，针对健康儿童和孕妇的新冠疫苗已从美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）的推荐免疫计划中移除。这一决定旨在根据最新的科学证据和专家建议，优化疫苗接种策略，确保资源得到最有效的利用。我们始终致力于保障公众健康，并将继续监测疫情动态，适时调整相关政策。 Martin McCary: 作为食品药品监督管理局（FDA）的专员，我认为目前没有证据表明健康儿童需要接种新冠疫苗，而且大多数国家已经停止推荐儿童接种。我们的决策是基于对现有数据的全面评估，包括疫苗的有效性、安全性以及疾病的流行病学特征。我们将继续关注最新的研究进展，并根据需要调整我们的建议。 Ari Shapiro: 作为主持人，我主要关注的是，更改这些指南可能会使一部分人面临风险。特别是，如果疫苗不再被推荐给儿童和孕妇，那些仍然希望接种疫苗的人是否还能获得疫苗？保险公司是否会继续报销疫苗费用？这些问题直接关系到公众的健康和福祉，需要认真对待和解决。 Peter J. Hotez: 作为疫苗科学家，我对新的指导方针感到震惊和失望，因为我们知道新冠疫苗接种对孕妇和儿童都非常重要，尽管原因不同。孕妇感染新冠病毒后，病情通常更严重，住院率和死亡率也更高。疫苗接种可以显著降低孕妇的住院率，并保护新生儿免受感染。此外，FDA似乎没有充分考虑疫苗接种对预防儿童长期新冠的影响。如果有人仍然希望接种疫苗，保险公司是否会报销还是个未知数，因为通常疫苗的公共卫生用途是由CDC和ACIP决定的，但现在这些程序都被绕过了。如果保险不报销，每剂130美元的价格对很多人来说是一笔不小的开支。因此，如果我的女儿或我爱的人怀孕了，并且新冠传播很多，我会强烈建议她们接种疫苗。对于青少年或儿童，如果您担心长期新冠，我也会建议继续每年接种疫苗。

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The CDC has released new guidelines on COVID-19 vaccination, removing the vaccine recommendation for healthy children and pregnant women. This decision was announced by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner Dr. Martin McCary, citing a lack of evidence for its necessity in these groups.
  • New COVID-19 vaccine guidelines released by the federal government.
  • Recommendation removed for healthy children and pregnant women.
  • Based on the lack of evidence of necessity for these groups.

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When Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced new COVID recommendations) this week, it raised questions among clinicians and patients:Will those shots still be available to people who want them — and will insurance cover it?NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, about the CDC's new guidelines for healthy children and pregnant women — and whether they could make it more difficult for these patients to get shots if they want them.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org).Email us at [email protected]).Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)