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29:51Now PlayingRFK Jr. Tried to Gut the Vaccine Schedule: A Federal Judge and a Grandparents Are Pushing Back
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29:51Now PlayingRFK Jr. Tried to Gut the Vaccine Schedule: A Federal Judge and a Grandparents Are Pushing Back
A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s sweeping changes to America's vaccine policy, delivering a significant legal setback to the Trump administration's public health agenda. Judge Brian Murphy ruled that Kennedy's vaccine rollbacks, including cuts to the childhood immunization schedule and restrictions on COVID vaccines, bypassed established science-based procedures and violated federal law. The ruling also halted the newly appointed ACIP vaccine committee, most of whose members lack meaningful experience in vaccines or immunology.
At the center of the controversy is RFK Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Services who holds no medical, science, or immunology degree, yet has systematically dismantled vaccine recommendations that have protected children for generations. His appointment of unqualified panelists, his social media vaccine announcements, and his administration's claim of "unreviewable authority" over vaccine policy have drawn fierce pushback from the American Academy of Pediatrics and other major medical organizations.
Meanwhile, a grassroots organization called Grandparents for Vaccines, founded by retired pediatrician Dr. Arthur Lavin, is mobilizing seniors who lived through measles, polio, and meningococcal disease to share their firsthand stories. Women like Therese Vogel, whose sister Nancy suffered permanent brain damage from measles-induced encephalitis, are putting human faces on the consequences of vaccine hesitancy. With measles cases already surpassing 1,300 this year, these grandparents carry moral authority no policy paper can match. Support their work at Grandparents for Vaccines on YouTube.
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