In reality, the CDC doesn't have the authority to set school immunization requirements, and the vote doesn't mandate the vaccine for schoolchildren. That's a decision left to the states.
If the CDC adds the COVID-19 vaccine to the immunization schedule for children, the shots will be mandatory to attend school.The false claim gained momentum after it was shared by Fox News host Tucker Carlson this week.
Another popular tweet similarly claimed the CDC committee’s vote would make the vaccine “mandatory for school registration.”“States have the authority to enact state laws requiring vaccination, not the CDC,” said Wendy Mariner, a professor emerita of health law, ethics and human rights at Boston University. “ACIP has no authority to make law.”
Grusich explained that the action was meant to streamline clinical guidance for healthcare providers by adding COVID-19 vaccines to a single list of all currently licensed, authorized and routinely recommended vaccines.The immunization practices advisory committee is a body of experts that makes recommendations to the CDC about vaccines.
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