The decisions made during the September 18 and 19 meetings of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) change almost nothing about how pediatricians working in the real world approach early childhood vaccination. And for this, I am, as a practicing pediatrician, quite grateful.
These meetings were described as “controversial.” They were so only because RFK Jr.’s dismantling of the prior advisory board and re-creation with well-known vaccine skeptics meant that anyone with an actual scientific foundation in this matter was very doubtful that anything of substance could or would come forth from the meetings. After weeks of speculation about what might emerge, the announced changes signify a meaningless outcome that only highlights how ill-prepared this group is to make children healthier.
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