How to think about two different sets of recommendations from RFK Jr.
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In the first week of January, the Health and Human Services Department, under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., released two arguably important public health announcements. The first was an overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule. Going outside of the normal processes for such changes, Kennedy removed many vaccines from the list of those the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends for kids, including shots to prevent hepatitis B, influenza, rotavirus, and several other illnesses.
In addition to being a professor of economics at Brown University and contributing writer at The Dispatch, Emily Oster is the founder and CEO of ParentData, a data-driven guide to pregnancy, parenting, and beyond. She is also a New York Times best-selling author, whose books include Expecting Better, Cribsheet, The Family Firm and The Unexpected.
