Editorial: Kennedy, Trump vaccine guidelines imperil children’s health
An editorial from The Virginian-Pilot criticizes President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for promoting vaccine skepticism and reducing recommended childhood vaccination schedules. The piece argues that these actions are based on misinformation and pose a significant threat to public health.
Why it matters
Public health policy and vaccine mandates are highly contentious issues with direct impacts on community health and safety.
Virginians can safely ignore all advice on vaccines from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who’s said he is unafraid of COVID because he survived snorting cocaine off a toilet seat , and President Donald Trump, who discourages his staff from exercising because he believes it unwisely drains a finite amount of energy each person is born with.
Clearly, neither man is qualified to set national policy on what and how often vaccines should be administered. Nor are they humble enough to respect the knowledge of those who are qualified.
Yet Trump and Kennedy persist in dispensing quackery. Last month, with his secretary of health and human services at his side, the president signed an executive order that reduces the recommended number of vaccines that children should receive.
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