Why Trump’s MMR vaccine order is the latest public health disaster, with effects set to last years

Digicomphoto/Science Photo Library/Getty US President Donald Trump has this week signed an executive order that recasts the country’s childhood vaccination policy to “support maximal parental choice”. The order: reduces the vaccines recommended for every child from 18 to 11. Vaccines no longer routinely recommended, but up to parents to discuss with their health-care provider, include vaccines against hepatitis A, hepatitis B, rotavirus, meningococcal disease, influenza and COVID. Some…