“All of a sudden, vaccine science has become a political issue or a partisan issue in a way that we've never seen before, and it is really, really challenging to be part of the American public and not know which message to trust because we are seeing different messages come out from the government, from our healthcare providers, from different health authorities, and people really have to then decide,”

Dr. Lori Handy · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21

Dr. Lori Handy reflects on the challenges the public faces when vaccine science becomes politicized.