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A federal vaccine advisory panel voted on Friday to recommend people talk with a clinician before getting a Covid vaccine, while voting against a motion to require prescriptions for the shot.

All 12 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) voted unanimously to update COVID-19 guidance so coronavirus vaccinations for all people should be based on “individual-based decision making.”

For people between six months and 64 years old, the recommendation advised that vaccinations be based on individual-based decisionmaking along “with an emphasis that the risk-benefit of vaccination is most favorable for individuals who are at an increased risk for severe COVID-19 disease and lowest for individuals who are not at an increased risk, according to the CDC list of COVID-19 risk factors.”

ACIP Chair Martin Kulldorff said it was his understanding that this recommendation they voted on would mean that SARS-CoV-2 vaccines would still be covered by insurance. Insurers look to the board's recommendations to inform their coverage.

The ACIP voted against a motion which recommended that states and local jurisdictions require prescriptions for COVID-19 vaccines. The panel does not have........

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