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The C.D.C. Now Says Healthy Kids Don’t Need Covid Shots. Is That True?

NYT The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer advise that healthy children receive routine Covid shots, a significant departure from its previous approach of suggesting annual shots for everyone age 6 months and older.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the change on X on Tuesday, citing a lack of data to support shots for healthy children. The move echoes his longstanding skepticism about the need to vaccinate children against the virus. Mr. Kennedy, who as health secretary oversees the C.D.C., has repeatedly said that children are at almost no risk from Covid.

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