The president signed a new executive order based on the myth that vaccines cause autism
Just a few weeks after it was reported that Donald Trump was unsatisfied with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s progress codifying his vaccine conspiracies into national health policy, the president signed an executive order radically remaking the nation’s childhood immunization schedule.
Speaking from the Oval Office on Monday, Trump told reporters he was “proud to officially announce the United States of America’s gold standard childhood vaccination recommendations.”
“That has to do with many subjects including autism in particular,” he added.
Last month, The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump has complained to Kennedy and others that the health secretary had not acted aggressively enough to establish a link between childhood vaccinations and autism. Researchers, medical experts, and the greater scientific community have concluded that vaccines do not cause autism, and no reputable evidence to the contrary exists.
