Getting a flu or COVID shot is usually among the most mundane of annual rituals — it’s like tax season with needles. But not so this year.
Instead, changing federal policies and approvals under the watch of vaccine critic and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., combined with new state responses to those changes, has created an unprecedentedly complicated landscape for vaccinations.
“This is understandably incredibly confusing to sort through,” said Dr. David Higgins, a Colorado pediatrician and researcher.