Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the CDC just made a deeply irresponsible decision: They changed childhood immunization recommendations, dropping six vaccines from the routine schedule.

These changes shrink the number of diseases children are protected against by one-third.

As a physician, I can tell you this is dangerous — and it ignores the science.

I'm fighting to reverse these changes, but I need your help to stay in Congress and keep holding RFK Jr. and this administration accountable. Can I count on you to chip in?

Parents look to the government for guidance on what vaccines their children need and when to get them. These recommendations must be based on sound science — not conspiracy theories or political pressure.

Every vaccine on the previous schedule has been extensively tested and safely administered to millions of children.

Removing them without scientific justification undermines the medical community, sows distrust in our healthcare system, and will lead to thousands of preventable illnesses and deaths.

This rollback of decades-long public health progress is especially egregious as millions of Americans are losing access to lifesaving care due to the gutting of Medicaid and ACA subsidies by Trump and his Republican lapdogs in Congress.

We cannot let RFK Jr. and political appointees override medical experts and endanger our children.

As a physician, I took an oath to do no harm. RFK Jr.'s decision violates everything I believe in about medicine and public health. I won't stop fighting — but I need you with me.

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Thank you for standing with me,
Dr. Raul Ruiz