Just in case anybody thinks "it's just a recommendation, that's not so bad," remember that the "recommendations" determine what insurers are willing to cover. No recommendation == pay full price out of pocket. On top of that, paying full price out of pocket leads to way fewer people getting it, which in turn leads to that price going up even more due to lack of economies of scale.

The dim reaper

Implementing that recommendation would mean removing vaccines for these diseases from the recommended schedule:
hepatitis A
hepatitis B
....

No one can live without a Liver, which is exactly what hepatitis attacks and kills. Tweakers will steal your catalytic converter off your car for $40. When a market exists with a $20,000 street value for a liver, and there's a liver in every jerk walking around in public, random kidnapping and organ theft is going to be a thing regular thing in about 20 years in the USA.

Anyone else initially read “halve” without the “L” and have a weird moment of trying to process a reasonable headline?

I swear this is all to put satire out of business.

My son's pediatrician hates RFK Jr with the fire of a thousand suns, and I love him for it.

At multiple appointments I've intentionally made humorous references to stupid health/rfk stuff from the news. He stays totally professional, but he is also obviously relieved that he can safely roll his eyes and let off some steam about the level of stupid in the world.

Make America Hell Again