Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced a change to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for the COVID-19 vaccine. This comes more than five years after the onset of a pandemic that not only affected the health of millions but forever shifted the nation’s view of government advice and control. The update removes the COVID vaccine from the immunization schedule for both healthy children and healthy pregnant women. This is a logical move that should have happened years ago.

The dialogue surrounding COVID-19, vaccines, and boosters has always been fraught with tension. But it is imperative that political pressure does not override common sense, no matter which side is in office.

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