Donald Trump today signed an executive order that overturns decades of federal guidelines on vaccines for children and asks states to review school vaccination requirements. According to the draft of the measure, which the Washington Post has seen, the ’Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations’ divide the vaccines for measles, mumps, and rubella into three separate injections instead of combining them as has been done until now. But for medical experts, the single MMR dose has proven safe and effective, while splitting it could expose children longer to the risk of dangerous diseases. Furthermore, vaccines for other diseases, including hepatitis A and B and meningococcal disease, would be recommended only for high-risk children or based on a shared decision between parents and doctors. Flu and coronavirus vaccines would also fall into this category.
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It is generally the individual states, not the federal government, that set vaccination requirements for children. And many states have already declared that they will not follow the administration’s recommendations but will rely on those of the American Academy of Pediatrics and other major medical organizations.
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Trump: “Every year we have more and more cases of autism in children”
“Every year we have more and more cases of autism in children. We still don’t know why but these are very good recommendations.” Donald Trump said this about the pediatric vaccine measure, long supported by his Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. There is no scientific evidence directly linking vaccines to cases of autism in children.
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