The federal comment period on how vaccine recommendations are labeled closed Sunday with 33,992 comments received at Regulations.gov, according to the Federal Register page for the request. That count reflects the final day of a 27-day window, and the total may change because agencies review submissions and may redact or withhold some of them.
The closing shifts the question for parents from whether to weigh in to what happens next. The input now goes to the Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines, which an Aug. 10 executive order directed to deliver plans for the childhood immunization schedule within 90 days, a deadline that falls in early November.
