Trump’s former Surgeon General: voters widely support vaccine access and want Washington to focus elsewhere

Nearly 80% of voters — including nearly two-thirds of Republicans — worry that the federal government is making vaccine policy decisions based on political considerations, not the underlying science. And three in five voters are concerned that Americans who want to get vaccinated won’t be able to because of recent policy changes.

These findings, from a new poll conducted by bipartisan firms Echelon Insights and Impact Research, alarm me.

As the U.S. Surgeon General during President Trump’s first administration...