I’m a little late with this post, because honestly, I don’t know what else to say.
Children in the United States need all the vaccines that were on the prior schedule, because that’s what actual science says keeps them safe.
It’s anti-vaccine ideology that says we need to get rid of vaccines from the childhood vaccine schedule, which the US government unilaterally did this week, stepping over the vaccine scientists at the CDC who are supposed to oversee this.
If you believe this will make children safer because they receive too many vaccines today, you have been misled.
Unfortunately an anti-vaccine activist was nominated to be Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Congress confirmed him to the post.
What’s happened now is exactly what people predicted would happen.
Children in this country will die unnecessarily as a result of these actions.
There’s just not much else to say.
P.S.: If you are a parent (or planning to become one) and are worried about the implications of this vaccine schedule change for you or your family, there’s a great FAQ from Your Local Epidemiologist here that will hopefully assuage some fears about vaccine access.