The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II

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Trump advises parents on hepatitis B vaccine. Here's why doctors say he's wrong

President Trump questioned the wisdom of vaccinating all newborns against hepatitis B.

"There's no reason to give a baby that's almost just born hepatitis B vaccine," Trump said. "So I would say wait until the baby is 12 years old."

But pediatricians say this message is wrong.

Before the U.S. began universally vaccinating newborns in 1991, some 18,000 children a year would become infected before the age of 10. About half were infected through mother–to-child transmission, Pavia says. Giving newborns the shot right after birth prevents the virus from taking hold.

The other half of kids got infected from somewhere else. President Trump said hepatitis B is sexually transmitted — which is one means of transmission — so there's no reason to give the vaccine to a baby. But Pavia says the risks for kids are everywhere.

"There have been cases of infections in daycare. There have been cases of infection on sports teams. There have been documented infections from shared toothbrushes and from shared razors," he says.

The virus is found in blood, saliva, semen and other bodily fluids, even tears, and it can live on surfaces for up to seven days. A child with a wound who comes into contact with that surface – even days later — could become infected, says Dr. Anita Patel, a pediatrician and pediatric critical care physician in Washington, D.C.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about half of the people infected with Hepatitis B don't know they have the virus, but Patel says they can still pass on the virus unwittingly.

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/25/nx-s1-555...-hes-wrong