CDC Advisory Panel Recommends Adding COVID Shots to Child Vaccination Schedule Without FDA License for Use in Children Under 12 – The Vaccine Reaction

On Oct. 20, 2022, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted 15-0 to add the mRNA COVID-19 shots to the list of vaccines recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for children as young as six months old, even though no COVID vaccine has been officially licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use by children under age 12. Currently, the Pfizer/BioNTech messenger RNA (mRNA) Comirnaty biologic and Moderna/NIAID’s mRNA Spikevax biologic are being distributed under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for children over age 12 years old (Pfizer) and for individuals over age 18 (Moderna). ^{1 2 3 4 5}