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Making Vaccine Policy Values and Trade-Offs Transparent—Rebuilding a Consensus Supporting Immunization

JAMA Pediatrics 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2026.2831

July 20, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This Viewpoint proposes restoring science-based policymaking around vaccines and adding a new component—a transparent process for explicitly identifying and weighing the inherent values and trade-offs.

Corresponding Author: Edgar K. Marcuse, MD, MPH, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, 715 8th Ave, #1013, Seattle, WA 98104 (ekmarcuse@gmail.com).

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