The Guardian view on Trump’s MMR executive order: endangering the children he claims to care about | Editorial
The president’s empty advice that children should receive separate jabs against measles, mumps and rubella will only lead to less take-up by parentsNobody wants to hurt a child. The howl of pain, the tears, the look of betrayed shock all make it very hard to deliver a cherished small person to the needle-wielding nurse.
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The president’s empty advice that children should receive separate jabs against measles, mumps and rubella will only lead to less take-up by parentsNobody wants to hurt a child. The howl of pain, the tears, the look of betrayed shock all make it very hard to deliver a cherished small person to the needle-wielding nurse. But that’s part of being a responsible parent. It becomes a lot tougher if mum or dad is being fed mixed and erroneous messages about the benefits and harms of vaccination.Parents have to make a lot of decisions about what’s right for their child, from the school they should go to and the food they should eat to the hours they should spend on the phone or watching TV.
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- The president’s empty advice that children should receive separate jabs against measles, mumps and rubella will only lead to less take-up by parentsNobody wants to hurt a child. The howl of pain, the tears, the look of betrayed shock all make it very hard to deliver a cherished small person to the needle-wielding nurse.
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The Guardian view on Trump’s MMR executive order: endangering the children he claims to care about | Editorial
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