Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday that it updated its adult and child immunization schedules to apply individual-based decision-making to COVID-19 vaccination.
The CDC also changed its recommendation for toddlers to get protection from chickenpox as a stand-alone immunization rather than in combination with measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination. The varicella vaccine protects against the varicella-zoster virus that causes chickenpox and shingles.
"Informed consent is back," Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill said in a statement. "CDC's 2022 blanket recommendation for perpetual COVID-19 boosters deterred health care providers from talking about the risks and benefits of vaccination for the individual patient or parent. That changes today. I commend the doctors and public health experts of [the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices] for educating Americans about important vaccine safety signals."
ACIP unanimously recommended people talk to their doctors about the COVID-19 shot, regardless of age or health conditions. It didn't recommend vaccination, but it didn't recommend against it, The Hill reported.
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