Trump's 11-Vaccine Childhood Order Faces Rejection as 58% of Parents Disapprove

3 articles · Updated · The Post and Courier · Aug 24

Thirty states are unlikely to adopt President Donald Trump's order limiting recommended childhood vaccines, after 15 states already blocked a similar Kennedy-backed effort in court.
The order follows Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s failed push to cut the childhood schedule from 17-18 vaccines to 11 and remake the CDC advisory panel with vaccine skeptics.
Public Policy Polling found 58% of parents disapprove of Trump's order and 49% strongly oppose it, while South Carolina said it is not changing requirements for now.
South Carolina's 997-case measles outbreak showed the stakes: exemptions had risen to 4%, but the state logged 19,238 additional MMR shots from October 2025 to March.
Doctors also say key parts of the order are impractical, since single measles, mumps and rubella shots have been unavailable in the U.S. since 2009.