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COMING UP IN A LITTLE BIT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD STUFF ANNE. THANK YOU. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY ROBERT F KENNEDY JR IS SWITCHING THINGS UP. HE’S NO LONGER RECOMMENDING COVID SHOTS FOR HEALTHY KIDS AND PREGNANT WOMEN. THIS RECOMMENDATION IS ALSO COMING FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. ����vlog IS MARCUS MCINTOSH SPOKE WITH A LOCAL IMMUNIZATION GROUP FOR REACTION TO THIS NEW RECOMMENDATION. MARCUS LAUREN BEN. TUESDAY, SECRETARY KENNEDY MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM X. HE WAS JOINED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. AS OF TODAY, THE COVID VACCINE FOR HEALTHY CHILDREN AND HEALTHY PREGNANT WOMEN HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CDC RECOMMENDED IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE. TUESDAY’S ANNOUNCEMENT FROM U.S. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY ROBERT F KENNEDY JR. FOR SOME, DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE BACKED UP BY THE PROPER PROCEDURE. USUALLY, THIS DECISION IS MADE THROUGH. EXPERTS AT THE CDC, AND IT’S VOTED ON, AND THAT PROCESS DOESN’T SEEM TO HAVE HAPPENED. DOCTOR NATHAN BOONSTRA IS A LOCAL PEDIATRICIAN AND THE CHAIR OF IOWA IMMUNIZE, A GROUP THAT ADVOCATES FOR STRONGER, MORE EFFECTIVE VACCINE POLICIES IN IOWA WITH A MISSION TO ENSURE THAT EVERY IOWAN HAS ACCESS TO VACCINES THAT ARE SAFE, EFFECTIVE AND READILY AVAILABLE FOR HIM, IT IS A HEAD SCRATCHER. SECRETARY KENNEDY IS DROPPING THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN. PREGNANCY IS CONSIDERED A HIGH RISK CONDITION. PEOPLE WHO ARE PREGNANT LIKE THEY’RE JUST AT HIGHER RISK OF COVID 19, COVID 19 CREATES A BAD OUTCOMES FOR PREGNANCIES AND AND FOR BABIES. DOCTOR BOUCHER SAYS AS OF RIGHT NOW, HE HAS SEEN NO INFORMATION INDICATING THE COVID VACCINE IS NOT A GOOD IDEA FOR HEALTHY CHILDREN OR HEALTHY PREGNANT WOMEN. I GENERALLY THINK THAT THE DATA INDICATES THAT THE VACCINE THAT THAT IT’S SAFER TO BE VACCINATED THAN NOT. I STILL HAVEN’T SEEN THE DATA THAT INDICATE THAT THERE’S A REASON THAT WE SHOULDN’T IMMUNIZE EVEN HEALTHY PEOPLE. WE RECEIVED A STATEMENT FROM THE POLK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON SECRETARY KENNEDY’S RECOMMENDATIONS. IT SAYS THE DEPARTMENT FOLLOWS GUIDANCE FROM THE CDC’S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES. NOW, THE DEPARTMENT ADDED THAT CHANGES TO VACCINE GUIDANCE ARE USUALLY MADE THROUGH A FORMAL REVIEW AND VOTE FROM THAT COMMITTEE, AND THAT THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE BEFORE