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MAHA movement outlines anti-vaccine strategy

Strategist urges Republicans to challenge liability protection, mandates, schedules

February 13, 2026 12:14 AM UTC

A leader of the Make America Health Again movement is recommending that Republican candidates refocus anti-vaccine messaging on attempts to remove liability protections, eliminate childhood mandates and modify vaccination schedules, rather than engaging in overt anti-vaccine rhetoric.

Tony Lyons, president of MAHA Action, a political action committee closely aligned with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., made the case for supporting the MAHA ideology in a memo sent Wednesday to Republican Party leaders. ...