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"US President Donald Trump has this week signed an executive order that recasts
the country’s childhood vaccination policy to “support maximal parental
choice”.
The order:
* reduces the vaccines recommended for every child from 18 to 11. Vaccines no
longer routinely recommended, but up to parents to discuss with their
health-care provider, include vaccines against hepatitis A, hepatitis B,
rotavirus, meningococcal disease, influenza and COVID. Some immunisations,
including against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), are only recommended for
certain high-risk groups or populations
* calls for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) to be given separately once
individual products become available
* encourages separate medical visits for each childhood vaccine (despite no
evidence having multiple vaccines at the same time overwhelms children’s immune
systems)
* asks states to reconsider their requirements for children to be vaccinated
before they start school.
The order does not ban vaccines or immediately overturn state vaccine mandates.
But it gives presidential credence to the idea that the established vaccine
schedule may be excessive or unsafe. Amid rising vaccine hesitancy that signal
may matter more than the legal text of the executive order.
Yet Trump’s order is only the most visible part of a larger story."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
