Reject RFK Jr.'s Attacks on Childhood Vaccination
Since his appointment in 2025, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has politicized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to promote his dangerous anti-vaccination agenda. Now, the CDC has released recommendations for childhood vaccination that contradict established science and threaten decades of efforts to control and eliminate infectious and deadly diseases.
The CDC’s new childhood immunization schedule, released amid a record-high surge in hospitalizations for flu-like respiratory illnesses, no longer recommends routine childhood vaccination against flu, rotavirus, hepatitis A and B, some types of meningitis, and RSV. These sweeping changes were made behind closed doors without any opportunity for formal public comment or rigorous input from scientific experts.
Medical experts note that the CDC’s unilateral and potentially illegal vaccination schedule changes will worsen the ongoing national decline in vaccination rates, reduce access to care by requiring unnecessary doctors’ visits to obtain vaccines, and endanger insurance coverage for shots. Congress must demand a full investigation of Kennedy’s attack on childhood vaccination access, while governors must act to ensure continued state-level access to vaccines to prevent needless illness and death.
Contacts for this topic:
Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [CITY, ZIP].
[IF CALLING CONGRESS]: I’m calling to urge [REP/SEN NAME] to demand a full investigation into the CDC’s unilateral and unscientific changes to the childhood vaccination schedule. These changes, made behind closed doors, threaten public health and access to lifesaving vaccines for children.
[IF CALLING GOVERNOR]: I’m calling to urge [REP/SEN NAME] to reject the CDC’s unscientific revisions to the childhood vaccination schedule and take steps to protect our state’s access to lifesaving vaccines. I ask that the state government issue guidance that preserves the existing childhood vaccination schedule, ensures vaccine access without a doctor visit, and requires insurers to cover routine vaccines.
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