Trump’s order also calls for breaking the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR) into three separate shots and administering them to children during separate medical visits. Those who were disproportionately affected were unvaccinated Black, Latino, Native, and poor children under five, who faced as much as 16 times the risk borne by white children. After the government’s data showed that Black and brown children under age contracted measles at significantly higher rates than white children, Congress responded in 1993 by authorizing the creation of the Vaccines for Children program, which made vaccine access easier and more universally accessible to vulnerable children. We’ve known for decades that Black and Latino children face greater barriers to consistent healthcare. But the final perversity is that white families will carry little coffins too because infectious diseases don’t discriminate.