Poll: Almost half of U.S. respondents demand reevaluation of CDC vaccine schedule

07/02/2025 / By Ramon Tomey

A poll by Children’s Health Defense reveals 49.4 percent of respondents favor reviewing the CDC’s childhood vaccination schedule, while only 29.6 percent oppose changes. Support rises to nearly 60 percent among parents of young children.
While 43 percent still back school vaccine requirements, 39 percent argue public education access should not depend on vaccination status.
New CDC appointees, including Martin Kulldorff, are scrutinizing vaccine safety, including cumulative effects of ingredients. Critics accuse the panel of promoting “anti-vaccine” views.
Nearly half (48 percent) support legal recourse for vaccine-related harm, challenging the 1986 law shielding manufacturers from liability.
The CDC’s review of thimerosal in flu shots revisits past autism concerns. The poll reflects eroded trust in vaccine mandates, signaling a shift away from unquestioned acceptance.

In a striking shift, nearly half of U.S. respondents in an opinion poll now support reexamining the childhood vaccination schedule recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The survey, conducted by John Zogby Strategies and commissioned by Children’s Health Defense (CHD), polled 1,006 respondents from June 24 to 25. It found that 49.4 percent – 23.7 percent strongly support, 25.7 percent somehow support – are in favor of a reevaluation of the CDC’s vaccine schedule. In contrast, only 29.6 percent of respondents – 15.1 percent strongly oppose, 14.5 percent somewhat oppose – prefer to keep the vaccination schedule as is.

The poll’s results also revealed that support for reviewing the vaccine schedule spikes to almost 60 percent among parents of young children – a demographic directly impacted by the recommendations. Under the current schedule, children must be injected with 70 doses of 15 vaccines by age 18.

Meanwhile, 43 percent of respondents still endorse school vaccine mandates. Nevertheless, 39 percent of respondents argue public education access should remain unconditional instead of being contingent on compliance with vaccine mandates. (Related: MASS EXODUS from public schools anticipated after CDC advisory panel unanimously votes to add deadly Covid-19 “vaccines” to childhood immunization schedule.)

People want vaccine injury accountability

The opinion poll’s results come amid escalating scrutiny of federal vaccine policies, particularly after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. overhauled the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) with appointees who criticize mainstream vaccine guidance. Central to the controversy is a newly formed CDC work group tasked with studying the cumulative effects of childhood vaccines.

“It is important to evaluate interaction effects between different vaccines, cumulative amounts of vaccine ingredients, and relative timing,” said new ACIP Chairman Martin Kulldorff during the panel’s June 25 meeting. His remarks echoed a 2013 National Academy of Medicine report urging deeper research into vaccine safety, a call left unheeded for over a decade.

Critics, including mainstream medical groups, accuse the panel of veering toward anti-vaccine ideology. The American Academy of Pediatrics blasted Kulldorff’s suggestion to delay hepatitis B vaccinations as “unscientific” and “dangerous.” Typically given at birth, the new ACIP chairman said the injection can be delayed “unless the mother is hepatitis B positive.”

Yet CHD CEO Mary Holland argues the poll reflects a public revolt against institutional dogma. “The constant fearmongering and shaming tactics … are not only ineffective, but backfiring,” she said. “This data clearly shows that the mainstream media, medical establishment and many politicians fail to hear the serious concerns of half of Americans on these vital issues.”

Equally contentious is the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, which shields manufacturers from liability. Nearly half of respondents – 48 percent – now support legal recourse for vaccine injuries. In contrast, just 34 percent defend the status quo.

This debate started in the 1990s, when mercury-based thimerosal first ignited autism concerns. Kennedy has long cited studies linking vaccines to neurological harm, though federal agencies and major medical journals reject those claims. Thimerosal was later removed from most childhood vaccines in 2001.

The new ACIP’s review of thimerosal-preserved flu shots reignites that clash. Whether the CDC’s review yields policy changes or further polarization, one truth is clear. The era of unquestioned vaccine mandates is over.

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