The View took an unexpected turn from chat show to health check on Tuesday when Whoopi Goldberg put a very direct question to the studio audience.

The 69-year-old Ghost and Sister Act star had just come back from a commercial break when she raised a Hot Topics discussion about the rise in vaccine scepticism in the US. “This is so crazy, but as cold and flu season arrives, a new Washington Post poll found that one in six American parents are rejecting vaccine recommendations,” she told viewers.

“The majority of parents still support immunisations, but there’s been a declining trust in childhood vaccines since the pandemic. When did people stop trusting their paediatricians? That’s the person who has your baby!”

She then turned away from the panel and addressed the Manhattan audience d

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