We are replacing protection with red tape — and viruses will not wait while we debate.
On Sept. 18, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel made a decision that raises real risk for families: It rejected the proven four-in-one measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (MMRV) childhood vaccine and downgraded COVID-19 shots from a universal recommendation to “talk with your health care provider.” For families, that means more confusion. For doctors, it means more time fighting misinformation and less time protecting patients whose health cannot wait — children with asthma, grandparents with weakened immunity, households already stretched thin. For all of us, it means more risk.
Back in June, 17 former members of the advisory panel published a warning following their termina