Shaw: A huge step backwards

In the early 1990s, North Dakota was the only state in the country without a single measles case. Today, it has the highest measles rate in the nation. That’s the backdrop for the latest blow: a federal panel, stacked with appointees from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., just voted to end the recommendation that newborns be vaccinated against hepatitis B. “It’s a terrible decision,” says Dr. Stephen McDonough, who served as North Dakota’s public health officer for 15 years. “These crackpots don’t know what they’re doing.” The full column from Jim Shaw at Inforum is as unforgiving as it is eye opening.

Jim Shaw

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