US changes coronavirus vaccine policy: Expert calls it a "step backwards"

The United States changed its policy regarding coronavirus vaccine just weeks ahead of the CDC advisory panel meeting on the topic. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says CDC no longer recommends COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children or pregnant women.

LiveNOW's Christina Evans spoke about the decision with Amesh Adajla, senior scholar at Johns Hopkins University.

Kennedy, a longtime critic of childhood vaccination prior to joining the Trump administration, has repeatedly clashed with federal health experts. In the video, he criticized the CDC’s prior stance, saying COVID-19 shots had been pushed for children "despite the lack of any clinical data."

Kennedy’s move comes as federal agencies were preparing to revisit the issue. The CDC’s advisory committee is scheduled to meet in June and had been expected to propose narrowing vaccine guidance to high-risk groups. But Kennedy said he decided not to wait.

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