The first COVID-19 lockdown was implemented in the United States six years ago, marking the anniversary of the global pandemic of vaccine policy. Since then, the rise in vaccine hesitancy has been attributed to the appointment of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a known vaccine skeptic, to the Trump administration, has been met with criticism and warnings that more Americans may die from preventable diseases due to vaccine policy changes. A federal judge recently overturned a set of rules and changes regarding the COVID vaccine, which have been overturned by a federal judge, ruling that the panel was unlawfully constituted. The judge also blocked Kennedy's 13 appointees from serving on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which critics have called unqualified. Critics have praised this move towards a more individual rights-based approach to public health. The COVID vaccines are still recommended for children and adolescents without high-risk factors, such as immunosuppression, and are not currently included in the CDC's recommended immunization schedule for healthy children and pregnant women.