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Tell The Government to Protect Children From Deadly Diseases — Not From a Debunked Myth

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A federal order is telling parents to delay vaccines based on a claim science disproved decades ago.

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In August 2026, a presidential executive order called for spacing out childhood vaccines — directly contradicting the guidance of the country's leading medical organizations.4 The order rests on the claim that vaccines are linked to autism. That claim is false. It has been false for decades, and no credible scientific investigation has ever found otherwise.

The vaccine-autism theory originated with a single fraudulent study. Its lead author lost his medical license. The paper was retracted. What followed was one of the most expansive investigations in modern medical history — researchers studying millions of children across multiple continents, examining different vaccine types, different schedules, different populations. The result has been consistent every time: no link exists.1

Delayed Vaccines Leave Children Unprotected

The recommended childhood immunization schedule is not arbitrary. It is built around the ages at which children face the greatest danger from specific diseases. When vaccines are spread out, children are left unprotected during precisely those windows of vulnerability. Measles, polio, whooping cough — these are not mild inconveniences. In infants and young children, they can cause permanent disability and death.4

Delaying a vaccine does not make it safer. It makes the child less safe. The American Academy of Pediatrics and other major medical bodies have made this clear: alternative schedules based on autism fears offer no benefit and introduce real, measurable risk.

The Problem Didn't Start With One Order

This executive order is the most visible flashpoint, but the erosion of clear federal messaging began earlier. By late 2025, changes in CDC language around autism and vaccines had already introduced ambiguity into communications that once reflected scientific consensus.3 When federal institutions treat a settled question as though it remains open, the effects spread fast. Parents hear doubt where none exists in the evidence. Vaccination rates fall. Herd immunity weakens.

The communities that pay the highest price are those least able to protect themselves: newborns too young to receive vaccines, and children with compromised immune systems who depend entirely on the people around them being vaccinated on time.3 When that protection erodes, these children become directly vulnerable to outbreaks that evidence-based vaccination policy would have prevented.

What Parents and Providers Deserve

Parents making health decisions for their children deserve accurate guidance from institutions they trust. Pediatricians need clear, evidence-based policy they can communicate without contradiction from federal agencies. When official communications cast doubt on a question science has already answered, both groups are failed at once — and children bear the consequences.1,3

There is no scientific basis for alternative vaccine schedules rooted in the autism myth. There is no new evidence. There is only a political environment that has chosen to treat a discredited claim as an open question. Children's lives depend on that distinction being recognized and corrected.

Sign the petition now to urge the CDC, the FDA, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the American Academy of Pediatrics to reject any guidance that recommends spacing out childhood vaccines based on the discredited vaccine-autism claim — and to keep public health policy rooted in evidence, not myth.

More on this issue:

  1. Staff Reporter, Medical Daily (4 August 2026), "Federal Officials Renew the Vaccine and Autism Question: What Decades of Research Already Show."
  2. Staff Reporter, MedPage Today (2026), "[Title unconfirmed — article at URL requires direct access to verify author, title, and publication date]."
  3. AcademyHealth Staff, AcademyHealth (November 2025), "Scientific Evidence Is Clear. New CDC Language on Autism & Vaccines is Wrong."
  4. Ali Swenson and Collin Binkley, Associated Press (10 August 2026), "Trump Signs Order Calling for Spacing Out Childhood Vaccines, Against Medical Groups' Guidance."

The Petition

To the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Department of Health and Human Services

The science is not ambiguous. Across decades of research involving millions of children on multiple continents, scientists have examined the relationship between vaccines and autism from every credible angle — different populations, different formulations, different schedules. The answer has been the same every time: there is no link. The original claim that sparked public fear was not simply flawed; it came from a fraudulent study whose author was stripped of his medical license and whose paper was retracted. What has followed is one of the most thorough investigations in medical history, and it has produced no credible evidence of any connection.

That makes the current moment especially alarming. Federal communications have already begun introducing language that treats this settled question as though it remains open. A recently signed executive order calls for spacing out childhood vaccines — an approach that contradicts the established recommendations of your own institutions and those of leading medical organizations. The childhood immunization schedule exists for a reason: it protects children at the precise ages when they are most vulnerable to diseases like measles, polio, and whooping cough. Delaying vaccines does not reduce risk. It creates unprotected windows during which these illnesses can cause permanent disability or death — especially in the youngest and most fragile children.

The communities most harmed by declining vaccination rates are often the most vulnerable: newborns too young to be vaccinated, children with compromised immune systems who depend on others being vaccinated on time. When herd immunity weakens, the people least able to protect themselves pay the price.

Parents bringing their children to a pediatrician's office deserve honest, accurate guidance from institutions they trust. Medical providers need clear, evidence-based policy they can communicate without contradiction from federal agencies. When official communications introduce doubt about a question science has already answered, families are failed and children are put at risk.

We urge you to reject any policy, language, or guidance that recommends alternative vaccine schedules based on the discredited autism claim. Protect the integrity of evidence-based public health guidance.

Keeping children safe — all children — requires that compassion and science move together, not in opposite directions. These actions will ensure a better future for all.

Sincerely,

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