1. United States
2. Va.
3. Letter

As a constituent of your state, I ask for your support to ensure universal access to COVID vaccines. Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) restricted access and recommended against children and pregnant people accessing COVID vaccines. It is inappropriate and harmful for him to be making these clinical and policy decisions. COVID infections continue to harm millions of Americans with nearly 500,000 hospitalizations and over 50,000 deaths between October 1, 2024 and June 21, 2025 as reported by the CDC. Currently, vaccination rates for many infectious diseases are very low, and many communities across the US are directly affected by outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, pertussis, and COVID. Many of these infections can cause serious and potentially lifelong consequences for health. Children and pregnant people in 2025 should not die or become disabled from infectious diseases because of a lack of accessibility.