‘Shared Decision-Making’ for Childhood Vaccines Sounds Empowering. But More ‘Choice’ Can Mean Less Access.

Originally published at: ‘Shared Decision-Making’ for Childhood Vaccines Sounds Empowering. But More ‘Choice’ Can Mean Less Access. - TPM – Talking Points Memo

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published by The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. When federal health officials announced on Jan. 5, 2026, that they were taking six out of 17 vaccines off the childhood immunization schedule, they argued that the move would give parents…

Antivax is a cult. This just facilitates cult-members’ abandoning vaccinations based on whatever theory or evidence they can fabricate. ‘MAHA’ includes letting babies getting hepatitis for no good reason at all, and it’s a lifelong chronic ailment.

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More absurdities from this maladministration. An ongoing torrent.

You, too, can enjoy the benefits of your neighbor believing that his ignorant opinion is better than the doctor’s knowledge.

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Yeah, Overworked Doctors really have time to explain…over and over again…why vaccines are the reason that kids do not die from polio, measles, whooping cough etc. any more. And this is done …over and over again…to really stupid people who should not be allowed to breed in the first place.

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