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Why does Denmark recommend so few childhood vaccines? A Danish scientist explains
Science.org ^ | Jan 2026 | Gretchen Vogel

Posted on 05/17/2026 1:57:28 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege

When it comes to vaccine policy, the U.S. government is holding up Denmark as a role model...The Scandinavian nation of 6 million gives children far fewer vaccines than the United States has done...

The new U.S. schedule follows Denmark’s example. It no longer recommends that all children get vaccinated for half a dozen diseases: hepatitis A and B, rotavirus, meningococcal disease, influenza, and COVID-19. Instead, administering these shots should be “based on shared clinical decision-making” between parents and doctors, HHS says.

The move elicited widespread criticism from doctors and public health experts—but it also drew attention to Denmark’s minimalist vaccination program. Demetre Daskalakis, a former top official at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), somewhat dismissively likened the Danish schedule to a “toy plane” compared with the “jet engine” that, until now, was the U.S. program...

Science spoke to Jens Lundgren, an infectious disease specialist at the Copenhagen University Hospital:

"In general, you want to design your vaccine program so that it is tailored to the population you are responsible for. You can’t just say “we want to be like them,” because it doesn’t address the population you are dealing with...

The U.S. is much more diverse, and access to health care is much more varied. That inequality is not present in Denmark. That should influence your choice of vaccines. Vaccines are an excellent way to protect the population if you don’t have consistent access to health care. If I were in the U.S., where I know that a significant number of women get inadequate prenatal care, my opinion around the hepatitis B vaccine would be very different. In that context, compared to the situation we have in our country, broad vaccination can make sense...

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: cdc; children; denmark; europe; hhs; maha; rfk; rfkjr; vaccines

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If RFK Jr. and the Trump administration weren't the ones recommending, and if it were someone from the Left - then I think the Danish scientists would affirm the same guidelines for the U.S.
1 posted on 05/17/2026 1:57:28 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
If RFK Jr. and the Trump administration weren't the ones recommending, and if it were someone from the Left - then I think the Danish scientists would affirm the same guidelines for the U.S.

Historically, I think the US is far more heavily vaccinated than Europe; I don't think this has anything to do with who is sitting in the WH.

Sweden, for example, didn't push any of the Covid jabs on its people (when JB was president).

2 posted on 05/17/2026 2:07:12 PM PDT by Captain Walker ("It is infinitely better to have a few good Men, than many indifferent ones." - George Washington)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

A better question is why does the media insist on pestering other nations regarding their health policies?


3 posted on 05/17/2026 2:19:42 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Wow, Danish arrogance and disinformation on display.


4 posted on 05/17/2026 2:36:30 PM PDT by JayGalt (A never ending battle for Truth, Justice & the American Way.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

“The U.S. is much more diverse, and access to health care is much more varied. That inequality is not present in Denmark.”

I highly doubt there is no inequality to access to health care in Denmark.

Diversity has nothing to do with whether a vaccine should be part of routine childhood immunizations. Unless of course you are claiming it is discrimination against certain classes of mothers not to vaccinate all newborns against diseases such as HepB.


5 posted on 05/17/2026 2:51:09 PM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Eleven doses of four vaccines protected kids against seven vaccine-preventable diseases in 1983.

Today the CDC recommends a lot more with several combined together.


6 posted on 05/17/2026 2:53:08 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (No Jesus. No Peace.... Know Jesus. Know peace.)
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To: lastchance

So glad I’m not having children now. I’d have to fight these idiots for trying to pump these disgusting vaxes into my precious babies.

Did I mention that the Covid vax killed my big, strong, handsome son-in-law, head of the sheriff’s department. Four months from shot to death. He was unrecognizable last time I saw him 10 days before he died. Drained of color and energy and strength, couldn’t even hug me though he tried.


7 posted on 05/17/2026 3:15:22 PM PDT by Veto! ((Trump is Superman))
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Where the Danes live is SO cold that not much can survive so they don't need anything more to survive than their food and their MUCKLUKS.
:o)
8 posted on 05/17/2026 4:02:59 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: Veto!

I am very sorry for your loss. I know the heartbreak never truly leaves.


9 posted on 05/17/2026 4:55:48 PM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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