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Posted on 08/14/2026 9:26:59 AM PDT by CedarDave
New Mexico is still advising that children receive the normal vaccine schedule after the Trump administration’s Monday executive order, which called for paring down the number of recommended vaccines and spacing out existing shots.
“Here in New Mexico, nothing has changed,” said Dr. Miranda Durham, chief medical officer for the New Mexico Department of Health.
Durham said NMDOH follows the American Academy of Pediatrics childhood vaccine schedule, which makes all vaccines available to parents if they choose. Insurance coverage for vaccines will not change either — New Mexico Medicaid plans and private insurance will continue to cover childhood vaccines regardless of the executive order, she said.
NMDOH continues to recommend 17 different vaccines, including shots protecting against hepatitis A and B, influenza and COVID-19, though the White House’s executive order cut the list down to 11.
Trump also advocated for splitting the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine into three separate shots, to be administered at different times. The single-shot MMR vaccine has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for safe use since 1971.
NMDOH will continue to administer the MMR vaccine all at once, Durham said.
“Splitting it up … really offers no advantages,” Durham said. “There’s no safety difference. It’s just more visits, more pokes, more time off of work, more time schlepping your kid to the doctor.”
Regardless of the executive order, the MMR vaccine is not even manufactured as three different shots, she added.
“Even if, as a doctor, you wanted to order a single antigen vaccine, one that just covers measles, it’s not available in the U.S.,” Durham said. “I’m not sure it’s available anywhere.”
“Our message remains the same: The science is clear — vaccines are safe, effective and save children’s lives,” Durham said.
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I’ve given up on our state.
Slowly but surely divesting everything.
I’ll probably keep our house in Rui. But the second my wife’s parents die, our primary residence will be TX.
Pull all their funding
Restoration of said Federal funding should come with a mandatory extended probationary period during which they must establish a successful record of compliance with Federal mandates. Not a cent more until then end of a successful probationary period; divert the money to other states in compliance with Federal regulations.
Nothing will change until those that violate the Fed law are put in jail.
It is always individuals that do that. Put some in jail and even a gov’mt employee can take the hint.
Autism is real and has greatly increased in children the past several decades, The cause is unknown and may be due to chemical additives in processed food or maybe due to cumulative effects from multiple vaccines given to very young children. Until a cause is found it’s prudent to eliminate multiple possibilities.
Parents and states are still free to have a differing vaccine schedule. The order just revised the recommendations it did not cement the recommended schedule in statute.
Why? They are not breaking any laws.
The E/O did not prohibit states or parents from following a different vaccine schedule. All it did was revised the ones recommended by the federal government as well as those should (not shall) be given.
I do object to two inclusions in those vaccinations recommended for all children, the HPV vaccine and the one for Chicken Pox.
The problem is Blue states like NM follow the AAP large vaccine schedule and require state schools and pre-schools to follow those as a condition of enrolling students. Parents can not easily opt out and unless they use private schools or home school they are locked out of a choice.
I understand that and I don’t agree with NM not updating the recommended schedule. But they are not breaking federal laws.
“The NORMAL vaccine schedule”
There’s the narrative.
“our primary residence will be TX”
God Bless you and your family. I lived in NM 14 years. Beautiful up in the mountains around Silver City and farther North.
I love the Hatch green chili’s.
The dark side there? Blind Political Insanity. Plenty of Communists. Many more Socialists. Totally corrupt government. Even at the local level, I served 2 years as a city councilman in Silver City. Later was GOP county chairman for a while, until I got transferred to my companies headquarters in Amarillo, Texas.
That was long long ago.
My ancestors were born in Texas during the Republic of Texas. I moved away for 25 years. My immediate family has been in this county since 1889. I do not plan on going anywhere again.
It’s hard to know when The Supremacy Clause is pertinent and when it isn’t.
If NM is intent on endangering the children, can Trump say, “Not on my watch”?
It’s particularly difficult because our roots are as deep in NM as they come.
My wife is 100% Mescalero Apache. I’m a direct descendant of one of Billy the Kid’s men.
Our ranch pre-dates not only NM statehood, but NM as part of the USA.
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