Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are considering advising the agency to narrow common use of COVID-19 vaccines, according to a document made public on April 14.
A majority of experts in a subgroup of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which advises the CDC on vaccines, have determined that the COVID-19 vaccines should not be universally recommended, the document says.
Seventy-six percent of the advisers in the subgroup studying the matter said they support a non-universal recommendation as of April 3.
That’s up from 67 percent in February.
Advisers said they would be comfortable with any non-universal recommendation, such as only recommending the vaccines for certain age groups.
The polling was disclosed in a presentation that is set to be presented by Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, a CDC employee who helps lead the advisory committee’s COVID-19 work group, to a CDC meeting on April 14.
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