RFK Jr.’s Reckless Experiment Puts Children at Risk: Editorial

In a single stroke this week, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. achieved a long-standing goal of his anti-vaccine supporters — and put millions of American children needlessly at risk.

On Jan. 5, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is narrowing the childhood vaccine schedule — considered the baseline of care for all children — to 11 shots from 17. Some of the vaccines that Kennedy has criticized in the past remain, measles among them. Yet others such as the flu shot will be recommended only for some high-risk groups or after consulting with a doctor.

The CDC’s ...