By Jason Lange and Michael Erman

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Only one in four Americans believe that recent recommendations for fewer vaccines from President Donald Trump’s administration were based on scientific evidence and facts, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.

The administration, while still in the process of setting new vaccination policies, has signaled that young and healthy people and pregnant women shouldn’t get shots for the COVID-19 virus. That marks a reversal of a historic vaccination drive against the sickness that Trump, a Republican, started at the tail end of his 2017-2021 presidential term.

The Reuters/Ipsos poll, conducted in the five days through Tuesday, showed 24% of respondents – including 5% of Democrats and 48% of Republicans – thought new federal vaccine recom

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