The lawsuit argues the Trump administration improperly removed seven childhood vaccines from the CDC's universally recommended schedule and replaced long-standing scientific advisors with under-qualified appointees.
Neronha and the coalition say lower vaccination rates will lead to higher rates of infectious disease and that will mean more time and money spent combatting outbreaks and misinformation from the CDC's now-untrustworthy recommendations.
“The Trump Administration’s actions here are the natural result of appointing an anti-vaxxer as head of HHS, but that doesn’t mean we’re not going to fight to safeguard public health,” said Attorney General Neronha. “You don’t need to be a scientist to understand the science: for decades vaccinations have prevented hundreds of millions of cases of illness in this country and have saved Americans trillions of dollars in related expenses. Now, Secretary Kennedy has unlawfully fired all members of a qualified committee charged with protecting our kids’ health and replaced them with those who will do his bidding. If allowed, Americans, and especially our kids, will pay the price. We can’t, and won’t, allow them to endanger the lives of our children.”
The coalition is asking a federal court to throw out the revised schedule and reinstate the science-based recommendations.
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