Rosen Joins Colleagues in Demanding that Trump Rescind Dangerous Childhood Vaccine Executive Order

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined Congressional colleagues in demanding that Donald Trump rescind his dangerous executive order that directs federal health agencies to overhaul longstanding childhood vaccine recommendations and encourage states to reconsider school immunization requirements. The letter comes following multiple measles outbreaks across the country and a report that the share of U.S. kindergartners with exemptions from school vaccine requirements has reached an all-time high.

"At a moment when the United States is experiencing the highest surge in measles cases in thirty-five years and an increasing number of states forced to declare public health emergencies - your administration is placing more children in harm's way rather than protecting them. This Executive Order overrides decades of scientific evidence and sows fear, chaos, and confusion. The result will not be safer or healthier children; it will be a continued decline in vaccination rates, recurring disease outbreaks, higher healthcare costs, and school disruptions that cause learning loss. Vaccines are rigorously tested and monitored for safety, and save millions of lives each year - especially the lives of children," wrote the lawmakers.

"The health and safety of America's children must not be sacrificed for political theater and ideology. American children and their families deserve robust evidence-based immunization recommendations that are rooted in science. The administration's politicization of vaccines makes American families less safe, threatens to return the U.S. to an era before routine vaccination prevented millions of infections, and is already resulting in unnecessary suffering and preventable deaths, particularly among children," continued the lawmakers.

"Every day this Executive Order remains in effect, more children go without the vaccines that would protect them, additional outbreaks become more likely, and lives are put at risk. We urge you to rescind this Executive Order immediately and restore evidence-based decision-making to federal public health policy," concluded the lawmakers.

You can read the full letter HERE.

Senator Rosen has been outspoken about her support for children's access to vaccines. Last year, she attempted to pass her resolution condemning Florida's action against required vaccines for schoolchildren and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s anti-vaccine conspiracy theories - which was blocked by Senate Republicans. Senator Rosen also introduced an amendment to reverse RFK Jr.'s childhood vaccine rule, which removed the HPV, RSV, Rotavirus, COVID-19, Flu, Hepatitis A & B, and Meningitis vaccines from the childhood vaccination schedule.

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