MAHA doc: Vaccines became tools of social justice
Vaccine philosophy shifted in the late 80s/early 90s from community protection to social policy tools, leading to over-vaccination for diseases like Hepatitis B where the risk to the general child population is near zerotakeawayHepatitis B vaccination was implemented as a 'social justice' tool to destigmatize and protect IV drug users by vaccinating babies, despite the disease being rare in US-born children without maternal transmission.takeaway
