Trump signs bonkers order that cuts vaccines, promotes ones that don't exist
Summary
President Donald Trump signed an executive order that reduces the number of vaccines children are recommended to get and changes how they are given. The order promotes separating some combined vaccines and is based on claims that vaccines cause autism, a link experts have disproved.Key Facts
- The order cuts recommended childhood vaccines from 18 to 11.
- It suggests spacing out vaccines over more visits and time.
- The order is based on disproved claims that vaccines cause autism and can overwhelm children’s immune systems.
- President Trump falsely said the combined MMR vaccine (measles, mumps, rubella) is dangerous and called to give these shots separately.
- Separate MMR vaccines do not currently exist in the U.S. and would require years of testing to be available.
- Current MMR vaccines are safe and protect 97% of children after two doses.
- Vaccination rates in the U.S. are falling, and measles cases are rising, threatening the country’s measles elimination status.
- President Trump praised Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who supports the disproved idea linking vaccines to autism.
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