Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is considering a directive to rescind the COVID-19 vaccine from the federal government’s list of recommended immunizations for children, Politico reported Tuesday.

Such a move would remove the COVID shot from the childhood vaccine schedule published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, used by pediatricians to base their vaccination timelines.

“No final decision has been made,” HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon told Politico.

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