FDA Commissioner Marty Makary defended the U.S. federal health agencies recent removal of the COVID-19 vaccine from the recommended immunization schedule for healthy children and pregnant women, saying the decision to get the shot should instead be made with their doctor.
On Sunday, Makary appeared on CBS News’s Face the Nation, where he was pressed by host Margaret Brennan to clarify what the new guidance is after it was announced last week that the COVID vaccine would no longer be recommended for healthy children and pregnant woman.
Makary repeatedly emphasized that a patient’s decision to get the COVID vaccine should be made with their doctor.
“We believe the recommendation should be with a patient and their doctor. So we’re going to get away from these blanket recommendations
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