CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland-area physicians, joining with health systems and caregivers across the country, are ignoring new federal guidelines that reduce the number of recommended vaccines for children.
That’s because the vaccines themselves — and decades of data showing they are safe and effective — have not changed, doctors said.
Describing the new recommendations as motivated by politics and not science, local physicians said they will stick with the previous U.S. policy. But the uncertainty is causing confusion and hesitancy surrounding vaccines…