The White House is searching for a magic needle to thread the inevitable conflict between MAHA priorities and broader public health concerns now that RFK Jr. has run roughshod over people’s ability to get the Covid-19 vaccine this fall. Though Trump’s HHS Director and his acolytes falsely insist that “anyone who wants a booster can get it,” prescriptions are required in many places before pharmacies will provide the shot. Healthy adults are being denied by insurance companies even if they reside in a household with vulnerable seniors or people with compromised immune systems; previous federal guidance that pregnant women should get a booster has been withdrawn.

But assuming MAGA’s resistance to the Covid-19 vaccine signals opposition to all vaccines is a mistake. Even among Republicans, p

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