The Trump administration continues to revise the federal guidelines to delay the dosage of the Hepatitis B vaccine newborns in most children. This occurs despite the attempts that failed in the most recent meetings of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Center.
Both Donald Trump and some newly appointed ACIP members were incorrectly characterized by how liver disease spreads, including medical experts working in CDC. Recommendations of the ACIP panel can determine the scope of insurance coverage for vaccination.
Trump advocated at the White House press conference on September 22 to delay the dosage of newborns vaccines, and insisted that hepatitis B was entirely sexually transmitted infections.
Trump said, “Hepatitis B is transmitted to sexually transmitted diseases.
Hepatitis B is an infectious virus that attacks the liver and is transmitted through contact with the infected body fluid, including blood. It may be delivered to the baby from the mother.
One reporter asked Trump about having a conversation with the Minister of Health and Welfare with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Trump said he did, as Kennedy saw.
Hepatitis B is often associated with high -risk behaviors such as use of injection drugs or multiple sex partners. Health professionalViruses, including career CDC scientists, can be transmitted even in common situations, including young children.
At the latest ACIP meeting held on September 18 and 19, members discussed the postponement of hepatitis B up to one month.
CDC scientist Adam Langer It showed an explanation of the incidence of children who were not issued to the mothers who were not vaccinated in the United States, which were not issued, and later infected with hepatitis B, and LANGER serves as deputy director of the National Center for HIV, virus hepatitis, STD and tuberculosis prevention.
Langer said the virus could survive in the vaccine advisory panel. 7 days or more Outside the body on the surface. In contact with the fine traces of the infected blood during that period School desk or playground or sports equipment It is enough for children to be infected. This means that children who are not vaccinated, which are not considered high, can still be exposed by everyday environments or infected caregivers.
“We have data that says it can happen and there is a possibility of it,” he said. In the documented case of a child of a hepatitis B mother, the exact cause of the infection may not be clear, but Langer said, “I did not come from my mother and did not come from the use of injection drugs,” Langer said.
But during the discussion, some members rarely trusted the risk of transmitting children through furniture contact.
ACIP voting member said, “This is a very important vaccine that should be provided to a risk population. Resume leviMit Sloan School of Management Professor. “The high -risk population seems to be a baby at HEP B positive mother, drug addict and other population,” he said despite the announcement of LANGER, which emphasized LANGER’s transmission.
Unlike the study published, LEVI said that Levi later said that the risk of not being vaccinated for a child of hepatitis B voice mother was probably close to zero during the first few years.
The CDC estimates that 2.4 million people in the United States have half with hepatitis B. I don’t know They were infected. Often from acute and light infections to chronic infections, There are few symptoms. The disease does not have a treatment, and if it is not treated, it can lead to serious conditions such as genitals, liver cancer and liver cancer later.
ACIP members during discussions on voting to delay the dose of newborns Joseph Hibel Lin The proposed one -month interval said that even if the mother tests the hepatitis B, some children will be vulnerable to the virus.
Hibbeln said, “This is implicitly assumed that all infections are coming from their mothers.” You can not simply determine it as a mother’s status. You will have to look at the status of the whole furniture. “
Evelyn Griffin, an ACIP member, an obstetrician and gynecologist and gynecologist, argued that the doctor could check the state B hepatitis B.
“How can they know?” Hibbeln said. “If you do not know that 50%of people are positive for hepatitis B, you can ask everything you want and no one knows.”
The members of the committee chosen by Kennedy finally decided to vote on whether Hibel Lin would delay the dose of newborns after raising the discrepancy in the resolution.
“The concept that hepatitis B is limited to infections such as prostitution and drug users is ignorant and no information approaching the infectious disease.” Jason GoldmanThe chairman of the US College of Medicine and ACIP said when it reached the meeting.
Goldman said, “The virus doesn’t care about what your behavior or lifestyle is. The virus goes from a person to a person through fluid. It can be inflamed when a person who is not vaccinated touches the body fluid on the general surface and then makes a mistake.
“This is not only a mother vs. Peter propagation, but also a specific risk group,” he said. “This is why it is universal. Everyone must obtain this for their own protection, and that it is unfortunate that it is politicized as a sexually transmitted disease. It is not an appropriate way to evaluate science.”
Pediatric vaccinations are widely known to almost remove viruses of children born in the United States.
Infected babies are 90%likely to develop chronic hepatitis B, and one quarter of the child suffers from serious complications such as liver cancer or dies of disease.
In 1991, federal health officials decided that newborns should receive the first dose of hepatitis B vaccines. Born 24 hoursTransmitted during delivery can prevent the virus from being maintained. From 1990 to 2022, the case of hepatitis B has decreased by more than 99%. Parents can refuse to launch, but many daycare centers and school districts Evidence is needed Hepatitis B vaccination for registration.
The next meeting of ACIP will begin on October 22. The agenda is generally posted a few weeks ago, but the information on the contents of the upcoming meeting has not appeared on the CDC website. The agenda of the September meeting was posted in less than a week after the meeting.
