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or people with compromised immune systems; previous federal guidance that pregnant women should get a booster has been withdrawn.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, polling show strong support for vaccines that have been around for decades—and have saved millions of lives. Trump distanced himself from the stance of Florida’s surgeon general Joseph Ladapo, who recently announced he was making some childhood vaccines, including those for chicken pox and Hepatitis-B optional, by saying people should take vaccines that are “non-controversial,” adding that some vaccines are “amazing.”
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