RFK Jr.'s Quiet War on Vaccines: A Backdoor Policy Playbook
Rolling Stone outlines RFK Jr.’s strategy to reshape vaccine policy through indirect means—pressuring changes to the vaccine schedule, steering committee charters and membership toward anti-vaccine perspectives, and expanding the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program’s scope—while facing court rulings and scientific pushback. Critics warn these moves could undermine public health, drive up litigation and costs, and threaten vaccine access.