During the National Vaccine Advisory Committee’s (NVAC) February meeting, American adults were put on notice by Big Brother that non-compliance with federal vaccine recommendations will not be tolerated. Public health officials have unveiled a new plan to launch a massive nationwide vaccination promotion campaign involving private business and non-profit organizations to pressure all adults to comply with the adult vaccination schedule approved by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). [1] www.NVIC.org
The 2015 Adult Immunization Schedule (click here to see it clearly and download) was approved by the Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices(ACIP), American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the American College ofPhysicians (ACP), the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), and the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM). On February 3, 2015, the adult immunization schedule and a summary of changes from 2014 were published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, and a summary of changes was published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)on February 5, 2015.
TRACKING ADULTS:
NVAC has authored the National Adult Immunization Plan (NAIP) and, once finalized, the plan will be turned over to the Interagency Adult Immunization Task Force (AIFT) to create an implementation plan. Notably, this task force is composed of “vested interest” stakeholders and no consumer representation for those groups concerned with vaccine safety and informed consent
The adult immunization plan also “incentivizes” doctors and other vaccine providers to convert patient data into Electronic Health Record (EHR) formats that can then be shared across state and federal electronic databases to track national vaccine coverage rates and also track and identify who is and is not vaccinated. Many states already have electronic vaccine tracking registries (Immunization Information Systems – IIS) in place, but do not share this information due to laws preventing the sharing of personal medical information and/or limited vaccination data on adults. This is where financial and other types of incentives come in to convince vaccine providers and state legislators to participate in the gathering of this private medical information on all adults.
VLA Comment: Thank you NVIC.org. See NVIC.org for more information and information on the current vaccine bills.
