Sen. Cotton Fears CDC’s New Vaccine Schedule for Children Will Lead to School Vaccine Mandate
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) has commenced an action to see if Congress can block the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) new vaccine schedule for children and adolescents, saying he’s concerned that schools will use the guidelines to impose a vaccine mandate.
In a May 16 letter (pdf), the lawmaker asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to undertake an analysis on whether a recent CDC immunization schedule update qualifies as an official “rule” for the purpose of the Congressional Review Act.
The change in question came in February when the CDC modified the vaccine schedule to recommend COVID-19 vaccine doses for infants as young as six months….