This new executive order, "Delivering Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations for Americans" is pushing faulty recommendations that go against decades of medical research. Medical groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Physicians, have called these recommendations dangerous and pointed out that there is no new evidence supporting the administration’s claims.

Dozens of studies involving millions of children have found no link between vaccines and autism. The original 1998 study that fueled this claim was retracted after serious scientific misconduct was uncovered. This question has been studied for decades. The evidence is clear: vaccines and autism have no correlation.

Vaccines work. They have nearly eliminated diseases like measles, polio, and smallpox that once killed or disabled thousands of children. And there is a reason we are seeing measles spread again under this administration. When our leaders undermine trust in vaccines and spread misinformation, people become less likely to vaccinate their children.

We should be listening to doctors, scientists, and evidence, not fear and political agendas. Our children’s health is too important for anything less.

Vaccinations should be guided by science, not fear