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Trump's vaccine order hands some MAHA voters a win. It also gives Democrats an attack line

President Donald Trump pivoted the nation's attention back to vaccines this week with an executive order that aims to scale back the childhood immunization schedule and space out shots into separate visits.

Trump's vaccine order hands some MAHA voters a win. It also gives Democrats an attack line

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