Well, this one definitely sent the media pearl-clutchers into overdrive.
After decades of the CDC insisting that brand-new, hours-old babies needed a hepatitis B shot — yes, the same virus mostly spread through sexual contact or dirty needles — their own vaccine panel just flipped the script. In an 8-3 vote, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) said: hey, maybe we don’t need to give this shot to every newborn in America. Only babies whose mothers test positive or whose status is unknown should get it at birth. Imagine that — individualized risk assessment. Radical stuff.
And guess who fully supported this move? President Donald J. Trump. Not only did he cheer the recommendation on Truth Social, he took it a step further and signed a presidential memorandum fast-tracking a full review of the entire childhood vaccine schedule. And just like that, the sacred cow of American pediatrics is being led to scientific reevaluation — with common sense holding the reins.
President Trump didn’t hold back either. In a post that will probably have every blue-check legacy journalist diving for their fainting couches, he called the old vaccine schedule what many parents have been thinking for years: ridiculous. According to Trump, the American childhood vaccine schedule once included 72 jabs — yes, seventy-two — far more than any other country in the world. That’s not a typo. That’s the real number.
People on social media were telling some wild stories:
When my son was born, I did not agree to the vaccine schedule, especially Hep B.
Fast forward to his one month pediatrician appointment, I got pressed again.
I refused, citing the Japanese vaccine schedule.
The doctor condescendingly told me he had a medical degree and that I…
— John LeFevre (@JohnLeFevre) December 6, 2025
I had a baby less than three weeks ago and was handed a coercive form of informed refusal to sign after declining the hep B vaccine that essentially said I am voluntarily putting my child at risk for a serious disease and severe consequences despite given the opportunity to be… https://t.co/ECQ3UdFMBk
— Mia K Hansen
(@mmiakapro) December 5, 2025
(@mmiakapro) And finally, someone in Washington is asking the obvious question: Is this really necessary?
Predictably, the usual suspects are foaming at the mouth. The same experts who told us, year after year, that every single baby needed a hepatitis B vaccine in the delivery room — you know, just in case they decide to share needles during tummy time — are now backpedaling with Olympic-level agility. It only took them 30 years.
Before universal newborn vaccination for Hep B, only about 1/2 of newborns who contracted Hep B got it from the birthing parent. The new ACIP recommendations will needlessly expose those infants for 2 months, and 90% of those who get Hep B will be at risk for liver cancer and cirrhosis. MAHA ftw
— Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD (@arghavansallesmd.medsky.social) December 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Before the first dose of Hep B vax was given at birth, around 22,000 infants were infected every year.
After the policy changed, around 20 infants were infected every year.
22,000 needless Hep B infections every year down to 20!!!
Should newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine at birth?# ThisIsHarm
# AmericasOnLifeSupportwww.npr.org/sections/sho…
— Aunt Jules (@japulver.bsky.social) December 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The death cult strikes again, opposing vaccinating babies for Hep B. Children can get Hep B in childcare or at home. It can lead to lifelong illness & cancer.
These are the same folks who don’t want teens vaccinated for HPV, putting them at risk for cervical, penile & anal cancer.
Truly psychotic.
— Senator Scott Wiener (@scottwiener.bsky.social) December 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
RFK Jr. and his anti-vax ACIP are responsible for doing harm to generations of Americans living in the shadow of his anti-science leadership, and Hep. B is just the tip of the iceberg
It’s time for Congress to impeach and remove RFK Jr. No ifs, no buts. Enough is enough. #ImpeachtheQuack
— Stand Up for Science! (@standupforscience.bsky.social) December 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Now, before the fact-checkers start hyperventilating, no, Trump did not say “no vaccines.” He’s not banning shots. He’s calling for a reevaluation. He wants the vaccine schedule to be based on “the Gold Standard of Science and COMMON SENSE.” Emphasis on the common sense, which, frankly, has been missing from public health for a long, long time.
And yes — he name-checked HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is now spearheading this review. The man who was once treated like a pariah by Big Pharma defenders is now in charge of evaluating the very schedule he’s been criticizing for years. And the Left? They’re losing their minds. Of course they are. Because the moment you question anything about the vaccine schedule — even in light of updated data, decades of change, or international comparisons — you’re immediately labeled “anti-science.”
But let’s get real for a second. Other countries — modern, industrialized, educated countries — don’t give their babies 72 shots. They don’t pretend that every child is equally at risk for every disease on Earth the minute they’re born. And now that we have a President and an HHS secretary who are actually willing to ask questions instead of parroting pharma-driven policy, maybe we can get back to what health care is supposed to be: customized, rational, and based on actual science — not lobbying dollars.
Oh, and if you’re wondering, this isn’t the first change under the Trump-Kennedy health team. They’ve already scaled back COVID vaccine recommendations for kids, suggested that the chickenpox shot be given separately, and — brace yourself — they’ve opened the door to exploring whether there’s any link between vaccines and autism. They’re not declaring it, they’re just saying it’s worth looking into. But even that is apparently too much for the medical elites who believe questioning anything is sacrilege.
So here we are. A sitting president is standing up and saying what millions of parents have whispered under their breath for years — maybe, just maybe, more isn’t always better. Maybe cramming a full pharmacological buffet into the first few years of life isn’t the pinnacle of good medicine. And maybe it’s time to slow down, ask real questions, and base decisions on data, not dogma.
MAHA, indeed.
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