News of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's seismic move to roll back the number of recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11 sent shockwaves across the internet Monday.
Users on social media warned of the repercussions surrounding the decision and what it could mean for American children in the years to come.
"MAGA = Make America Get sick Again," user Tom Katt wrote on X.
"Vaccines exist for a reason. Who knows how many people will get sick because of this?" User Candace Jeffries wrote on X.
"Oh so how are the other 6 being prevented? (They’re not.)" Professor Willie Young wrote on Bluesky.
"What could go wrong," user ElisabetK wrote on Bluesky.
"Nothing says MAGA like purposely allowing vulnerable children to die," user Mark Darson wrote on Bluesky.
"At least we won't have to worry about school shootings anymore. Kids won't live long enough to get that far," user Eric Lavers wrote on Bluesky.
"What a time to be alive…and by ALIVE I mean thanks to the vaccines we received. Please Listen to your pediatrician, not the heroin addict currently in charge of health policy," user Linda Durkin wrote on Bluesky.
"Well, that's certainly one way to make the math look better on the pamphlet. Reducing the scope from 17 to 11 sounds less like a public health update and more like simplifying a subscription tier. I wonder which six diseases got the 'we'll circle back on those' treatment," user Jason Frakk wrote on X.
"Rather than boosting uptake of the measles vax by eliminating the recommendation vaccines against rotavirus, COVID-19, influenza, meningococcal disease, hepatitis A and hepatitis B, have they considered getting the nation's top health official to stop attacking the measles vax?" Media Matters for America Senior fellow Matthew Gertz wrote on X. He also added this in a thread:
"Anyway congrats to everyone who helped make 'more kids get sick for no reason' a reality, the result was entirely predictable."