The Politics of Parenting: Trump's Vaccine Order Puts Public Health at Risk The latest development in the ongoing debate over childhood vaccinations has been sparked by President Donald Trump's executive order calling for fewer vaccines and splitting the MMR shots.
Framed as a move to give parents "choice," this decision will undermine public health efforts and put vulnerable populations at risk.
In the past, children's vaccination schedules were indeed more limited, but that was also a time when diseases like measles and polio were rampant.