SEATTLE, Wash. – As the CDC wraps up its second day of meetings on vaccine recommendations, insights from Dr. Helen Chu of the University of Washington are shedding light on how these decisions might impact families.

The CDC’s vaccine advisors have been discussing recommendations for the COVID vaccine and early childhood vaccines like those for measles and hepatitis B. After the meetings concluded, Dr. Chu, a professor of allergy and infectious diseases at the University of Washington, shared her thoughts with the media.

Dr. Chu highlighted the unusual decision-making process observed during the meeting.

“Normally when we vote for a vaccine, we vote to recommend it and then we vote to pay for it using the Vaccines for Children program. They voted yes to separating the vaccine but they v

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