Healey slams Trump immunization order as ‘crazy nonsense' – NBC Boston

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and President Donald Trump.
Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday called President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to overhaul the recommended childhood immunization schedule “crazy nonsense” and “bogus,” and said Massachusetts will stay on a separate vaccination course.
Trump issued an executive order Monday that looks to slash the number of recommended immunizations for children from 17 to 11 and calls for the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to be administered in three single-dose shots. In March, a federal judge in Boston blocked similar policy changes attempted by the CDC’s immunization advisory panel that U.S. Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reshaped, according to NPR. 
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“Yesterday, Donald Trump and RFK announced some crazy nonsense once again about vaccines,” Healey said at an unrelated press conference in Haverhill. “So, folks, here’s what I want you to know: In Massachusetts, we’re going to continue to follow the vaccine schedule. We’re going to continue to follow science. What Donald Trump and RFK said yesterday, it was just unbelievable, and it puts our kids at risk.”
Massachusetts has disentangled itself from following federal immunization guidance and is spearheading a regional public health collaborative to develop its own “evidenced-based” vaccine recommendations.
In his order, Trump pointed out that the United States recommends more childhood vaccines compared to peer nations, including more than twice as many in some European countries.
“Further, it is the policy of my Administration that Federal programs and funding should support maximal parental choice over childhood vaccines, consistent with the Federal Government’s constitutional and statutory obligations and the fundamental principles of personal autonomy and informed consent,” the order says.
Healey emphasized vaccines will remain available in Massachusetts.
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“I wanted to be straight with parents out there based on, you know, the ridiculous commentary they heard from the president yesterday and the bogus executive order issued that like in Massachusetts, we’re going to continue to follow the science, follow the facts,” the governor said. “I encourage parents to consult of course with their doctors and pediatricians, but to continue with what has been working and what has proven to reduce disease for decades — decades, decades now, across generations.”

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