WA Physician Associations Caution Against Federal Child Vaccine Schedule Changes, Support Continued Adherence to AAP Guidelines

This week, the WSMA and a coalition of state physician associations released a public statement expressing grave concerns with newly announced changes to the U.S. Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule, changes not based on up-to-date vaccine safety nor subjected to traditional scientific and expert review.

The statement aligns our organizations with similar statements from the Washington State Department of Health and the West Coast Health Alliance. The physician associations—the WSMA, the Washington Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Infectious Diseases Society of Washington, the Washington Academy of Family Physicians, and the Washington Chapter of the American College of Physicians—join the Department of Health and the West Coast Health Alliance in urging Washington families and health care practitioners to continue following American Academy of Pediatrics Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule, which is based on established vaccine safety and effectiveness evidence.