Top pediatricians buck RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine meddling on Covid shot guidance

The CDC's recommendations align with European health authorities.

Why does the AAP feel that the CDC and Europe's guidelines are too conservative?

Is there like a standardized risk scale for understanding odds in medicine? I mean, I probably have a 1 in a million chance of dying every month I choose to drive regularly, but if I were to argue with an anti-vaxxer, or try to determine my own risk tolerance, has someone developed a standardized way of understanding risk/odds? At what level do you say "This is a risky vaccine"?

"The AAP's vaccine schedule diverges from the CDC schedule under Kennedy on the recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines. After Kennedy's unilateral change, the CDC no longer recommends routine COVID-19 vaccination for healthy children, but allows for the shots after a conversation with a child's doctor. In contrast, the AAP—the largest pediatrics association in the country—recommends the shots for all children ages 6 months to 23 months, as well as high-risk children aged 2 to 18. Children not in these age or risk groups should also have access to the shots if desired, the AAP guidance says."