A Q&A with the FDA's top vaccine regulator amid a fresh wave of disinformation

Vaccination policy in the United States could be in line for some fundamental changes, if Donald Trump is reelected and delivers on promises that long-time vaccine skeptic Robert Kennedy Jr. said the former president has made — including giving Kennedy authority over the country’s health agencies in a second Trump administration.

Even if none of that comes to pass, vaccine fatigue and disinformation abound in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Public health authorities promoting vaccine use do so in an ever more challenging climate.

At a public forum last week, Peter Marks, the top vaccine regulator for the Food and Drug Administration, said the way to counter the movement is by being transparent. 

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