The CDC's new hepatitis B guidance invites more than parental discretion. It invites risk, inequity, and a slow slide away from public health protections.
Brilliant breakdown of how policy framing hides the real stakes here. The shift from universal to discretionary sounds nuetral on paper but in practice it's basically sorting kids into protection tiers based on whether thier mom had stable prenatal access. I've seen how these gaps compound in hosptial systems where followup just doesn't happen for Medicaid families, so a delayed dose becomes no dose.
I understand your concerns. But let me explain the system in Switzerland to you. Babies are vaccinated against Hep B at 2, 4, and 12 months of age.
Children of infected mothers receive hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) at birth in addition to the vaccinations.
Brilliant breakdown of how policy framing hides the real stakes here. The shift from universal to discretionary sounds nuetral on paper but in practice it's basically sorting kids into protection tiers based on whether thier mom had stable prenatal access. I've seen how these gaps compound in hosptial systems where followup just doesn't happen for Medicaid families, so a delayed dose becomes no dose.
But perhaps it's more a question of affordability?