Protecting Our Children from the CDC Act

This bill would require the federal health department to post all clinical data it has about COVID-19 vaccines—covering safety, how well they work, and any side effects—on the CDC’s public website before any COVID-19 vaccine can appear on the child and teen vaccine schedule. The posted data must remove personal health details and identifying information about agency and sponsor staff.

If the bill becomes law, any COVID-19 vaccine already on the child and teen schedule would be taken off right away. It could be added back later, but only after the data-posting rule is met and other laws are followed. The “child and adolescent immunization schedule” here means the schedule used by the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee.

• Who is affected: Federal health agencies (HHS, CDC, and the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee); families who look to the CDC’s child and teen vaccine schedule for guidance.
• What changes: Public posting of all clinical data before any COVID-19 vaccine can be on the schedule; removal of any COVID-19 vaccines already listed; data must be de-identified .
• When: The removal would happen upon enactment; re-listing could occur after the data is posted and requirements are met.