The Trump administration's campaign against vaccinations has escalated, led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has withdrawn U.S. funding from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. Gavi is the largest funder of vaccinations worldwide, having helped vaccinate over 1.1 billion children in lower-income countries, saving millions of lives. Kennedy's actions also include appointing individuals to a vaccine advisory panel with anti-vaccine views, raising concerns among public health experts about the implications for U.S. families and public health policies.
Anti-vaccine activists have been shouting from the sidelines for decades. Now they're making policy, says Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Unfortunately, in its zeal to promote universal vaccination, it has neglected the key issue of vaccine safety.
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