Yesterday, October 20, 2025, the Big Cities Health Coalition issued a statement with a clear and direct message: "Get Vaccinated." They also stressed how vaccines have "eradicated devastating diseases and saved millions of lives" and decried the declining vaccination rates across the county, the rise of "deadly outbreaks" of measles, polio, that have accompanied that decline, and the rise of anti-vaccine disinformation and policy occurring under the current situation. They state:
We are deeply troubled by the repeated false claims about vaccines from too many federal officials, which have contributed directly to these trends. We are equally concerned about recent changes to the recommended childhood and adult immunization schedules that unnecessarily limit access to vaccines. It is impera