CDC staff 'blindsided' as child vaccine schedule unilaterally overhauled (unmc.edu)

Related: US will overhaul childhood vaccine schedule to recommend fewer shots (33 points, 4 days ago, 11 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46504844

Unrelated: MHRA approves self replicating mRNA Covid-19 vaccine (10 points, 5 days ago, 6 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46500392

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Looks like they want to reduce population

In many developing countries folks don't get vaccinated either and a lot of them die. TB, Typhoid, Hepatitis and others are still major problems.

So with this approach, the US will be going the way of those developing countries.

Apart from the deaths, there will almost certainly be economic damage.

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Imagine all the lives saved from fewer immune stimulants.

This is directionally correct but methodologically flawed.

The US requires 5-10 more vaccines for children by 5 years old than Japan does. Japan also has a much more spaced out schedule over those 5 years.

Given that the American health machine is largely driven by pharmaceutical companies, it seems likely that there is some fat that can be trimmed. Did they trim it here? Who knows.