After the Trump administration announced that it’s decreasing the number of vaccines in the childhood immunization schedule, President Donald Trump took to social media to share what doctors call “fictitious,” “not accurate” and “purposely misleading” vaccine information.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump shared a long message consisting of phrases like “America will no longer require 72 ‘jabs’ for our beautiful, healthy children” and “we are moving to a far more reasonable schedule, where all children will only be recommended to receive vaccinations for 11 of the most serious and dangerous diseases” and “this updated schedule finally aligns the United States with other developed nations around the world.”
The post is shared alongside an illustration of a happy-looking European baby surrounded by 11 syringes and a sad-looking American baby surrounded by 72 syringes. The U.S. childhood vaccine schedule now looks more like the schedule in Denmark, which HHS looked to for inspiration.
The vaccine imagery Trump shared seems intimidating and scary, and experts say that’s the point. “They’re obviously purposely misleading the public,” said Dr. Anita Patel, a pediatric critical care doctor in Washington, D.C.
