FACT FOCUS: Trump Makes False Claims as He Signs Order Urging Revisions Around Childhood Vaccines
Daniel Dale said Trump’s vaccine claims were false, citing CDC data that showed autism prevalence was 1 in 110, not 1 in 10,000.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order revising the pediatric vaccine schedule from 18 to 11 vaccines, including a directive to split the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccine into three individual shots.
- During the White House ceremony, Trump claimed he wanted to "find what's going on with autism," baselessly asserting vaccine doses resemble "the size of a bottle of soda" and linking them to rising diagnoses.
- Medical experts and the CDC maintain the MMR vaccine is "very safe," with no scientific evidence supporting separation or a link to autism. Researchers across seven countries studied over 5.6 million people without finding a connection.
- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised to investigate vaccine-autism hypotheses "as soon as they are ready," while critics labeled the administration's claims "reckless and dangerous" for public health.
- Former senior advisor David Axelrod warned the president's comments could have a "disastrous impact" on childhood vaccination rates, echoing concerns from medical professionals about potential public health consequences.
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By signing, on Monday, a decree recommending, among other things, to the American states to reduce the number of vaccines administered in paediatrics, the Republican president irresponsibly feeds the poison of suspicion.
Trump rewrites vaccine advice for kids
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order reducing the number of recommended vaccinations for children while repeating debunked claims linking childhood vaccines and autism. Avneet Dhillon breaks down the new guidance and the response from medical experts. (Photo credits: The Canadian Press, Reuters, Adobe Stock and Getty Images)
Trump’s False MMR Vaccine Claims
In signing an executive order about childhood vaccines, President Donald Trump falsely suggested that the measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine was unsafe and that splitting up the combination shot would reduce the number of children with autism. There's no evidence for those claims, and the vaccine has been well-studied for several decades.
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