A fresh report states that the Trump administration is rescinding the CDC's advice to vaccinate pregnant women and children against the COVID-19 virus.

According to Thursday's Wall Street Journal story, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the HHS are intending to routinely withdraw federal recommendations that these populations acquire the COVID vaccine, as The Daily Caller reported.

Vaccination is now recommended for all individuals aged 6 months and above by the CDC, however, that recommendation could be withdrawn soon.

A fresh report states that the Trump administration is rescinding the CDC's advice to vaccinate pregnant women and children against the COVID-19 virus.

Department changes

Vaccination is now recommended for all individuals aged 6 months and above by the CDC; however, that recommendation could be withdrawn soon.

The study stated that HHS has not made it clear if it intends to completely withdraw the advice or merely stop marketing it to all groups.

A break from the widespread vaccination strategy that characterized the early years of the pandemic, the action would represent an enormous shift in federal health policy.

Previous compliance

Not many parents and pregnant women have gotten their latest COVID boosters. The CDC says that as of April, only 13% of children and about 14% of pregnant women had the most recent subjects of the shot.

The change comes at a time when Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary of the FDA is getting ready to make the process for approving vaccines stricter.

Makary said this Thursday at a meeting of food and drug lawyers: "We want to see vaccines that are available for high-risk individuals, and at the same time, we want some good science. We want some good clinical data."

Kennedy has been against mRNA vaccines and mass vaccination programs for a long time. Since he is now head of HHS, he can change CDC advice.

Administration going forward

The WSJ reported that the Trump administration plans to stop recommending routine COVID vaccinations for kids and pregnant women.

Operation Warp Speed, one of Trump's most popular health programs during the first administration, would be hurt by the change that is expected, and it's not clear if insurers will continue to pay for the shots.

Critics of the move told the Journal that it could make people less likely to get vaccinated. People who agree with it say that it puts policy back in line with science and common sense.