Some countries recommend fewer childhood vaccines. That plan is riskier in America.

Some countries recommend fewer childhood vaccines. That plan is riskier in America.

A child gets an MMR vaccine at a clinic put on by Lubbock Public Health Department in Lubbock, Texas, in March. (Photo by Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images) President Donald Trump is showing increasing interest in reducing the number of routine childhood vaccines in the United States. As part of that justification, he and anti-vaccine activists are pointing to what’s recommended in other countries — an idea that medical and public health experts say i…