A CDC advisory committee voted in favor of adding COVID-19 vaccines to the agency’s recommended, routine immunization schedules. The schedules are not a mandate. States set vaccination requirements for attending school or daycare.
The discussion Oct. 20 was about"whether to put them on the routine schedule, and address whether they should be recommended generally, not just as an emergency," Reiss said.
Each state has its own process by which new vaccines can be added to the list of required immunizations, Schaffner said. He said he does not believe the update to the CDC’s immunization schedule will prompt states to require COVID-19 vaccines. Reiss confirmed that no state requires flu vaccines for school attendance and"only a minority" require it for daycare.Carlson tweeted,"The CDC is about to add the COVID vaccine to the childhood immunization schedule, which would make the vax mandatory for kids to attend school."The CDC does not establish vaccination requirements for attending school or daycare. States do that.