Ethical Basis of the Pediatric Vaccine Encounter—Correcting the Record

In this Viewpoint, the authors argue that the Department of Health and Human Services’ use of medical ethics to justify its recent removal of the COVID-19 vaccine from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommended immunization schedule for healthy children ignores the existing foundational functions of medical ethics in the vaccination encounter.

Corresponding Author: Douglas J. Opel, MD, MPH, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1900 Ninth Ave, M/S: JMB-6, Seattle, WA 98101 (djopel@uw.edu).

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