CDC opens state ordering for COVID-19 vaccines after unexplained delay
CDC opens state ordering for COVID-19 vaccines after unexplained delay
在经历不明原因的延迟后，美国疾控中心（CDC）开放各州订购新冠疫苗
After a nearly monthlong delay, states are now able to order this season’s COVID-19 vaccines through a federal program that provides free immunizations to low-income children, the US health department says. 美国卫生部门表示，在经历了近一个月的延迟后，各州现在可以通过一项为低收入儿童提供免费免疫接种的联邦计划，订购本季的新冠疫苗。
Trump officials have still not provided a clear explanation for the delay, raising concerns about meddling from anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 特朗普政府官员仍未对此次延迟给出明确解释，这引发了人们对反疫苗立场的卫生部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪（Robert F. Kennedy Jr.）进行干预的担忧。
On Wednesday, Ars Technica reported that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had still not opened ordering for 2026–2027 COVID-19 vaccines through the Vaccines for Children program. That was despite the vaccines having been approved by the Food and Drug Administration in late August. 周三，Ars Technica 报道称，美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）尚未通过“儿童疫苗计划”（Vaccines for Children program）开放 2026-2027 年度新冠疫苗的订购。尽管这些疫苗早在 8 月下旬就已获得美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）的批准。
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) told Ars on Wednesday that “CDC has not yet finalized procurement decisions” for the shots. The department’s statement further suggested Trump officials were questioning whether children should receive them. “HHS and CDC are committed to responsible stewardship of taxpayer resources and to ensuring that vaccines purchased through federally funded programs are appropriate for the populations those programs serve,” the department said. 美国卫生与公众服务部（HHS）周三告诉 Ars，CDC“尚未最终确定”这些疫苗的采购决定。该部门的声明进一步暗示，特朗普政府官员正在质疑儿童是否应该接种这些疫苗。该部门表示：“HHS 和 CDC 致力于负责任地管理纳税人的资源，并确保通过联邦资助项目购买的疫苗适合这些项目所服务的群体。”
However, The Washington Post reported late Wednesday that ordering was opening. An unnamed source told the Post that part of the reason the vaccine ordering was held up was a delay in finalizing the CDC’s clinical guidance, which is written for health care professionals and public health officials. The guidance reportedly needed to be reviewed by an external expert. 然而，《华盛顿邮报》周三晚间报道称，订购工作正在开放。一位匿名消息人士告诉《华盛顿邮报》，疫苗订购受阻的部分原因是 CDC 临床指南的定稿工作延迟，该指南是为医疗专业人员和公共卫生官员编写的。据报道，该指南需要经过外部专家的审查。
The Post also reported that CDC career officials had previously finished preparations for making the vaccines available. All Trump officials needed to do was essentially push a button to open ordering, sources said. Further, a spokesperson for the Minnesota Department of Health suggested to the Post that CDC leadership was behind the hold, saying the state had been told “that CDC leadership approval is needed before distribution of the vaccine can begin.” 《华盛顿邮报》还报道称，CDC 的职业官员此前已经完成了疫苗供应的准备工作。消息人士称，特朗普政府官员基本上只需要按下一个按钮即可开放订购。此外，明尼苏达州卫生部的一位发言人向《华盛顿邮报》暗示，CDC 领导层是造成延误的原因，并称该州被告知“在疫苗分发开始前，需要获得 CDC 领导层的批准”。
In a response to Ars on Thursday, HHS again did not respond to questions about what caused the delay or how it was resolved. The department did, however, confirm that ordering for COVID-19 vaccines is now open. 在周四对 Ars 的回应中，HHS 再次没有回答关于延迟原因或如何解决的问题。不过，该部门确实确认新冠疫苗的订购现已开放。
The unexplained delay comes after Kennedy has, for years, attacked and tried to block access to COVID-19 vaccines. He has falsely called them the “deadliest vaccine[s] ever made,” and petitioned the FDA to withdraw and bar approval for the shots. Last year, as health secretary, he unilaterally revoked the CDC’s universal recommendations for the vaccines. 此次不明原因的延迟发生之前，肯尼迪多年来一直攻击并试图阻碍人们获取新冠疫苗。他曾错误地称其为“有史以来最致命的疫苗”，并向 FDA 请愿要求撤回并禁止批准这些疫苗。去年，作为卫生部长，他单方面撤销了 CDC 对这些疫苗的普遍接种建议。
An order from a federal judge in March halted other changes Kennedy and his allies had made to CDC vaccine recommendations. That leaves the CDC’s current recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines where they were in July 2025. At that point, the vaccines were recommended for children, 6 months to 17 years old, who are moderately to severely immunocompromised. Healthy children in that age group were recommended to obtain them through shared clinical decision-making—in other words, by talking with a pharmacist or doctor. 今年 3 月，一名联邦法官下令叫停了肯尼迪及其盟友对 CDC 疫苗建议所做的其他修改。这使得 CDC 目前对新冠疫苗的建议维持在 2025 年 7 月的状态。当时，这些疫苗被建议用于 6 个月至 17 岁的中度至重度免疫功能低下的儿童。该年龄段的健康儿童则被建议通过“共同临床决策”——换句话说，即与药剂师或医生沟通后——来决定是否接种。
The newly approved CDC clinical guidance had an update added yesterday saying: “Because of legal uncertainties and inquiries, the CDC states the recommendations for COVID-19 vaccination from the July 2025 immunization schedule remain in effect for the 2026-2027 respiratory illness season.” 新批准的 CDC 临床指南昨天增加了一项更新，称：“由于法律上的不确定性和相关质询，CDC 声明 2025 年 7 月免疫计划中的新冠疫苗接种建议在 2026-2027 年度呼吸道疾病季节期间继续有效。”
Still, those recommendations differ from those of leading medical groups. Their recommendations for this year’s fall vaccines say that all infants 6 months to 23 months old should get vaccinated against COVID-19. Children 2 to 18 years old should be vaccinated if they are at higher risk or if they desire to be vaccinated. 尽管如此，这些建议与主要医疗团体的建议仍有出入。他们对今年秋季疫苗的建议是，所有 6 个月至 23 个大的婴儿都应接种新冠疫苗。2 至 18 岁的儿童如果属于高风险人群或希望接种，则应进行接种。