Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola Fact Checked February 21, 2023
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
October 20, 2022, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory
Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) unanimously (15-0) voted to add
unlicensed COVID-19 shots to the U.S. childhood, adolescent and adult vaccine
schedules
February 9, 2023, the CDC accepted the panel’s recommendation and officially added a
primary series of mRNA COVID “vaccine” to its routine immunization schedules for
children and adults, plus a bivalent booster
While the addition of the COVID shots to the recommended vaccination schedule does
not make the jabs mandatory for school attendance, their inclusion allows states and
local jurisdictions to make them so
Vaccines on the childhood vaccination schedule are typically covered under the National
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP), but the COVID shot isn’t. Instead, the jab
will remain covered by the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP), which
is even more restrictive and limited in terms of compensation than the NVICP
According to CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the COVID jab was added to the
childhood vaccination schedule because it was “the only way” to ensure under-insured
children would have access to it. The real reason, however, is because it’s the only way
for drug makers to be indemnified against financial liability for injuries and deaths