The federal government has removed recommendations for children and pregnant women to receive routine Covid-19-19 vaccines.

The change is reflected in the May 30 CDC releases a new vaccine schedule, which was released by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

"I am pleased to announce that as of today, the COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from the CDC's recommended immunization program," Kennedy said in the video. "We are now closer to achieving President Trump's commitment to make the United States healthy again."

The reality of the suggestion is more subtle.

Previously, the CDC had urged everyone who is six months and older to update their Covid lenses annually as daily advice.

Now, the CDC’s vaccine schedule recommends providing a COVID vaccine to children through shared clinical decisions, which means it makes sense if the doctor and the patient decide together. And it is not recommended that pregnant women obtain a common vaccine.

“We are pleased to see that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its timeline for immunization of children and adolescents to enable families to maintain choices so that children who are immune to children after consultation with doctors,” Dr. Susan Kressly, president of the American College of Culture Medium, said in an emailed statement.

"However, the process of reaching the deep flaws in the recommendations has raised serious concerns about the stability of the U.S. immune infrastructure and the stability promised by federal leaders to ensure families can get critical immunizations, whether due to common diseases or other infectious diseases," Cresley said.

Kennedy announced on May 27 that CDC staff announced that they did not inform the changes to the Covid-19-19 vaccine policy before the decision was made public.

Hours after the release on X, CDC staff received directives from Secretary Kennedy on May 19 but sent on May 27 - revoking the department's 2022 recommendation to accept the CDC's use of Covid Shots during children and pregnancy. The directive is viewed by NPR, which commands the CDC to remove these suggestions from its vaccine schedule.

These changes contradict the recommendations of professional medical groups such as the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Academy of Pediatrics, who continue to recommend Covid vaccines to children and pregnant women based on scientific evidence to show that they are safe and effective. Their logos appear on previous versions of the CDC vaccine schedule, but the current version is no longer its recommendation.

Although children won't get sick from Covid, some people are especially young children. According to American obstetricians and gynecologists, pregnant women are still at high risk of serious complications of the virus.

Public health experts are shocked by the way they change. Often, “it’s a very transparent public process,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, who represents AAP as a liaison for the CDC’s Vaccine Advisory Committee. “The data is publicly shared, the discussion is publicly conducted, and then they made a decision on how to recommend a vaccine.”

The closed-door process has upended public discussion and votes that have been a hallmark of vaccine decisions for decades.

O'Leary said the decision would make it difficult for parents to get their children vaccinated and get pregnant women shot. For clinicians, he said, “the shared clinical decision-making dialogue is really challenging, taking place in a 10-minute office visit.” He said fewer doctor offices may choose to keep the vaccine on hand as the advice slows.

Richard Hughes, a former senior manager at vaccine company Moderna, said some insurance companies may no longer pay for them. “The expected coverage, prior authorization and out-of-pocket expenses (fees) changes, all of which prevent absorption,” he said.

Covid vaccine recommendations were lowered shortly after the government made changes, which could greatly limit the availability of the next round of Covid boosters. Now, the government will need to perform additional testing to get the vaccine approved because anyone with a high risk of having a high risk is used by anyone except those over 65 years of age or with other risk factors for health problems.