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U.S. CDC Finalizes Agenda for Vaccine Committee Meeting

July 22, 2021 • 6:41 am CDT
(Precision Vaccinations News)

The U.S. CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) finalized the agenda for the digital meeting scheduled for July 22, 2021, from 11 am to 4 pm ET. The topics include:

  • Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) after Janssen COVID-19 vaccine: Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) after Janssen COVID-19 vaccine: Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) VaST assessment of GBS after Janssen COVID-19 vaccine Discussion,
  • COVID-19 vaccines: benefits-risk discussion Work Group interpretation and next steps.

Registration is not required to watch the live, no-cost ACIP meeting webcast.

The ACIP provides advice and guidance to Dr. Rochelle Paula Walensky, the Director of the CDC, regarding the use of vaccines and related agents to control vaccine-preventable diseases in the civilian population of the USA. The CDC Director reviews recommendations made by the ACIP and, if adopted, are published as official CDC/HHS recommendations in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Previous ACIP meeting presentations are rendered on this CDC webpage.

Note: Dr. Jose R. Romero, ACIP Chair, clarified at 11:10 AM CT that this ACIP meeting would NOT be discussing reports of myocarditis or pericarditis, vaccine-related fatalities, or vaccine efficacy data from international sources.

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