Trump’s radical vaccine order sparks public-health alarm
TL;DR
Michael Hiltzik denounces President Trump’s executive order to overhaul childhood vaccines, reducing the recommended schedule, pushing for separate MMR vaccines, and encouraging exemptions, arguing the plan is scientifically flawed, impractical, and likely to confuse parents and raise costs. He notes that states and health professionals are unlikely to follow federal directions, and experts say bundled vaccines are safer and more efficient, making this a dangerous public-health misstep.
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- WHO chief says Trump vaccine push goes against ‘decades of evidence’ Al Jazeera
- Doctors say Trump’s vaccine order will raise fears, cause confusion and endanger kids AP News
- Trump’s goal to split MMR vaccine could take a decade, experts say Reuters
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