News Summary

• The CDC was mysteriously prohibiting the procurement of seasonal COVID vaccines through the Vaccine for Children program.
• The program is designed so that states can get these shots at no cost for children who lack insurance, who are on Medicaid, and for Indigenous children.
• The CDC made some vague claims that the months-long delay was due to the need to finalize the procurement process.
• Then, on that very same day, the Washington Post reported that procurement of the shots was now open and states could order the shots.
• So let’s call this what it is: Kennedy got caught with his hand in the cookie jar and reversed course once he’d been found out.
• There is no actual explanation on offer here for why the shots were delayed.
• And I have no doubt that if it had somehow gone unnoticed, the COVID shots never would have been made available at all.