Summary

Parents and advocates fear a rollback of school vaccine mandates under Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), citing his anti-vaccine rhetoric and potential policy influence.

Experts warn Kennedy could lower vaccination rates by undermining trust, altering vaccine approval processes, or defunding federal vaccine programs. Such changes risk disease outbreaks, particularly for vulnerable children.

Critics also anticipate school board battles over vaccine mandates and highlight the impact of misinformation targeting minority communities.

Parents worry these shifts could have “life-or-death consequences” for children with chronic illnesses.

  • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.world
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    5 minutes ago

    The real question is why do we need a mandate for parents to want to vaccinate their children? They don’t love their children enough to do it anyway?

  • nevaseerius@sh.itjust.works
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    7 hours ago

    Can’t wait to catch giga measles from some disgusting slop hog of a parent, who caught it from their disgusting mole rat of a kid, who caught it at the disgusting cess pit of a school. I’m going to cut my head off on the razor wire fence

    • glimse@lemmy.world
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      36 minutes ago

      Hey man…leave the kid out of it. Kids rely on their parents for their health and habits, it’s not their fault they weren’t vaccinated!