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R.F.K. Jr. Sends a Message on Vaccines

2025/5/28
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: 作为卫生部长，我很高兴地宣布，健康儿童和孕妇的新冠疫苗已从疾病预防控制中心（CDC）的推荐免疫计划中移除。拜登政府一直敦促健康儿童再次接种新冠疫苗，但缺乏临床数据支持。我们离实现特朗普总统让美国再次健康的承诺更近了一步。我认为停止疫苗接种能够让美国更加健康。 Apoorva Mandavilli: CDC 过去一直建议所有六个月及以上的人都接种新冠疫苗，因为疫苗的益处仍然大于任何风险。现在，如果疫苗不在 CDC 的推荐免疫计划中，保险公司不太可能承保它，这意味着低收入家庭可能无法获得疫苗。政府认为新冠对儿童的风险不够高，不应该让健康儿童接种疫苗，但两岁以下的儿童最容易感染新冠。对于孕妇，有很多数据表明，孕妇感染新冠的风险远高于同龄的非孕妇，而且孕妇感染新冠后，流产和死产的风险更高。专家们对这一决定感到非常愤怒，他们想知道这是否根本不是基于科学，而是出于政治动机。我个人认为，疫苗对于儿童和孕妇来说仍然非常重要。

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The Trump administration on Tuesday bypassed the traditional system of vaccine guidance and abruptly ended the government’s recommendation that two key groups of Americans receive vaccinations against Covid.

Apoorva Mandavilli, a science and global health reporter at The New York Times, discusses what could be a turning point in public health.

Guest: Apoorva Mandavilli), a science and global health reporter at The New York Times.

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