An article summarizing the new head of the ACIP's outlook on vaccination policy makes for a dispiriting start to the week.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/01/vaccine-recommendations-acip
Summary: he thinks we don't need vaccines anymore because we don't have the incidence we used to (BECAUSE OF VACCINATION!) and because we can better treat illness now.
The exchange rate between ounces of prevention and pounds of cure must have changed from what I remember.
