ACP Issues Dire Warning: Adopting Vaccination Schedules Based on Those Used by Other Countries Will Put U.S. Lives at Risk
Statement attributable to:
Jason M. Goldman, MD, MACP
President, American College of Physicians
PHILADELPHIA January 5, 2026—The American College of Physicians (ACP) is vehemently opposed to the administration’s attempt to throw out the U.S. vaccine schedule and unilaterally substitute guidance from other countries. The evidence is clear that vaccines prevent deaths, hospitalizations, and spread of disease. The U.S. childhood immunization schedule is the result of decades of rigorous, transparent scientific review designed to prevent illness, hospitalizations, outbreaks, and death in a large, diverse population with uneven access to care. The U.S. has a very different health care system than other countries. Replacing the U.S. schedule with guidance developed for other countries would bypass the evidence-to-recommendation framework that has protected generations of Americans, increase infectious disease transmission, and lead to preventable suffering and deaths. Abandoning the U.S. evidence-based process is a dangerous and potentially deadly decision for Americans. ACP demands an immediate stop to this policy change. ACP warns that furthering Secretary Kennedy’s anti-vaccine agenda is dangerous and calls for his immediate removal.
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