Summary
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., newly appointed as U.S. health secretary, pledged to Sen. Bill Cassidy that he would not alter the federal childhood vaccine schedule.
However, in his first address to Health and Human Services (HHS) employees, he announced an investigation into childhood vaccines.
The inquiry, under Trump’s new “Make America Healthy Again” commission, raises concerns about his commitment.
Critics, including vaccine expert Dr. Paul Offit, question his stance, fearing policies that could undermine vaccine accessibility.
But vaccines aren’t 100% effective. Herd immunity depends upon a certain percentage of the population getting the vaccination. If not enough people are vaccinated, then the diseases will be able to find enough hosts to spread, and people who could not be vaccinated or for whom the vaccine was ineffective are at risk.
So your child will have a chance of contracting measles or polio, etc. because of idiots who choose not to vaccinate their children.