Report: Trump mad RFK Jr. hasn’t cut more vaccines or proven autism link
Summary
President Donald Trump is unhappy with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for not cutting childhood vaccine recommendations more and for not proving a link between vaccines and autism. Kennedy has changed some federal vaccine policies but faces criticism from the president and outside experts who warn these actions risk public health.Key Facts
- President Trump believes vaccines cause autism, a claim scientists say is false.
- Trump wants to reduce childhood vaccinations and include an autism remedy in his legacy.
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US Health Secretary, is an anti-vaccine activist who has revised vaccine advisory committees and vaccine schedules.
- Kennedy reduced the US childhood vaccine schedule to be more like Denmark’s.
- He stopped flu vaccine promotions during a deadly flu season and linked vaccines to autism on a CDC website.
- Some of Kennedy’s anti-vaccine changes have been blocked by courts.
- White House political advisors think Kennedy’s anti-vaccine efforts are politically risky and have advised toning down such rhetoric.
- There are rumors that Kennedy could be replaced by Mehmet Oz or sidelined, with Kennedy’s Medicare chief taking more control.
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