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The objection turns on a no-treatment arm. WHO says placebo or no-treatment vaccine trials are acceptable only where no proven intervention exists, and here one does.
A federal recommendation is load-bearing for insurance coverage, the Vaccines for Children programme, and school requirements. States have started building alternatives to all three.
The 5 December directive tells HHS and the CDC to compare the American childhood schedule with those of other wealthy nations, using a count of diseases as its benchmark.
ACIP replaced a recommendation in place since 1991 with individual decision-making for babies born to mothers who test negative. The CDC has not yet adopted it.