Parents and Doctors Are Left in the Dark Amid Trump Admin's Murky Childhood Vaccine Guidelines
Dr. Jessica Weisz, a pediatrician in D.C., has seen more and more parents who are skeptical about vaccinating their children.She cares for about 15 families a day, and said that what used to be monthly questions about vaccine safety have become weekly ones.
But, she emphasized, that was not yet the norm.
“Overwhelmingly, most parents and caregivers want their children to be vaccinated,” Weisz, who is also president of the D.C. chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), told TPM.
Last Friday, the Washington Post published an article outlining plans for new childhood vaccine guidelines coming out of the Department of Health and Human Services. The guidelines would recommend fewer vaccines and encourage a “shared clinical decision making” model which calls on parents and doctors to discuss guidance for most shots in the absence of clear guidance from the federal governement. The U.S. reportedly plans to follow an immunization schedule similar to that of Denmark.
Andrew Nixon, a spokesperson for HHS, did not confirm the plans in a comment to the Washington Post. “Unless you hear it from HHS directly, this is pure speculation,” Nixon told the Post. But 2025 has seen federal health agencies repeatedly pare back vaccine recommendations while federal officials cast doubt publcily on the efficacy.
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