This group leading the country has already but our children at risk by depriving them of the food that some need to survive and now he, Donny and RJK,Jr, want the children to expose themselves to debilitating diseases….
President Trump on Monday signed an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations that promote his long-held but discredited theory that childhood shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits. The order advocates separating the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three different shots administered in separate appointments, and directs the nation’s health department to improve vaccine research, according to a White House fact sheet on the order. Separate measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines for children are not currently available in the United States, and vaccines are already extensively researched, the AP reports.
Speaking about the order at the Oval Office on Monday, Trump repeatedly suggested the number or timing of vaccines could play a role in rising rates of autism spectrum disorder, even as scientific consensus and decades of studies have firmly concluded there is no link. He also touted several changes to the childhood vaccine schedule that his health department has already attempted, but that have been blocked by a federal judge. He said his administration would no longer recommend COVID-19, flu, and hepatitis B vaccinations for children.
- Trump said he wants to find out “what’s going on with autism,” Mediaite reports. “It’s many, many times what it used to be years ago, and it gets progressively worse, and we’ve had progressively more and more vaccines,” he said, adding, “Very simply, large amounts of vaccine—large amounts—like vats of vaccine are currently pumped into your child’s body.”
- The renewed focus on vaccines marks a departure from his administration’s recent efforts to emphasize less controversial health policies related to healthy eating, drug price negotiations and medical fraud crackdowns ahead of November’s midterm elections, the AP reports.
- Public health experts have raised concerns that spacing out shots as Trump suggests can lead to an increased risk that children become infected with a vaccine-preventable disease before returning for another visit. Childhood vaccines—and how and when to give them in combination—go through rigorous studies, and safety tracking continues for years as the shots are used.
- “I’m a doctor. This executive order is wrong,” Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy said on X. “The President does not have the expertise to make these changes.” Vaccines, Cassidy said, are effective, “overwhelmingly safe,” and do not cause autism. “Breaking up vaccines will mean children have to get more shots to get the same protection, not fewer shots,” he said. “It will increase hesitancy and make children less safe. Parents should listen to their child’s pediatrician about vaccines rather than listening to an inaccurate executive order. This is so wrong.”
- Even as the order calls for revised vaccine recommendations, states, not the federal government, have the authority to require vaccinations for schoolchildren. The order advises states with school vaccine mandates to consider updating their laws to reflect the administration’s preferred schedule, the fact sheet said. Many states have already said that they no longer follow federal guidance and instead rely on recommendations from groups like the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Washington Post reports.
- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist before he entered politics, set out to overhaul immunization guidance in the first year of Trump’s term. He fired an entire 17-member vaccine advisory committee, installing replacements who made far more restrictive recommendations that have since been halted by a federal judge. He also personally directed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism, without supplying any new evidence to support the change.
- Scientific consensus and decades of studies have firmly concluded that there is no link between childhood vaccines and autism. On Monday, Kennedy repeated his assertion that he believes an unknown environmental factor is to blame for rising autism diagnoses and said that his department will deliver research findings “as soon as they are ready.”
If this goes forth stand back and watch the problems that he creates…..think Whooping cough and measles, and you cannot see this as a good thing.
Children in the crosshairs.
I read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
Between Trump and RFK they will not only cause the deaths and serious illness of children, but also allow the reintroduction of many diseases and conditions that had been previously eradicated. But even this is not enough for anyone to do anything to stop them.
Best wishes, Pete.
It is sad is it not? chuq
Compliance is collaboration. Unless the U.S. Supreme Court says otherwise, states have the legal right to ignore this order. And, even if SCOTUS does back Trump and his Kennedy acolyte, states should ignore the order anyway.
Resistance to fascism can take many forms. It doesn’t have to be publicly demonstrative nor violent. All it takes is for honorable people in power to refuse to comply. If enough of them do so, then their bravery will spread through the population. That is how revolutions begin. At some point in everyone’s lives, a moment comes when people must choose between kissing the putrid feet of their oppressor and showing a little backbone. That moment is now.
Don’t expect our so-called “leaders” to defend you. They will sell you out to the highest bidder. The Democratic Party is just as guilty as Trump’s Republicans. Just look at New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She got into office as a progressive champion and has now bowed down to the establishment.
THROW THE BUMS OUT!
Of course you are right….but look at the number MAGA governors….they will go with Donny every step of the way. chuq
True.
I agree with the central concern here: **when vaccine policy is driven by a claim that contradicts the evidence, children can end up bearing the consequences.** The strongest point in the piece is that spacing vaccines out does not make vaccination inherently safer; it can instead leave children unprotected for longer and require more appointments and opportunities to complete the series.
The autism issue is especially important to separate from legitimate questions about vaccine safety. **Autism has not been shown to be caused by childhood vaccines, including the MMR vaccine.** That conclusion isn’t based on one study or one agency—it comes from a large body of research conducted over decades. Continuing to suggest a causal connection without credible evidence risks confusing parents about what is actually known.
And your point about measles and whooping cough is well taken. These diseases are not merely historical inconveniences. When vaccination rates fall and immunity gaps develop, outbreaks can return. Measles is extraordinarily contagious, and pertussis can be particularly dangerous for infants.
There is also an important distinction between **researching vaccine safety**—which absolutely should continue—and changing recommendations first and expecting research to justify the change afterward. Good public-health policy should work the other way around: **follow the evidence, acknowledge uncertainty where it exists, and change recommendations when high-quality evidence warrants it.**
So I think the most troubling part isn’t simply Trump’s desire to revisit the vaccine schedule. Presidents and health officials are entitled to question policy. The problem is **using a discredited premise as justification for changing medical guidance**, particularly when the consequences of reduced vaccination can extend beyond individual families to infants, immunocompromised people, and communities.
“Children in the crosshairs” is a strong phrase, but it captures the underlying concern: **children shouldn’t become the testing ground for a political theory that hasn’t survived scientific scrutiny.**
Actually, nobody should become a testing ground for anything because it reminds me of the “scientific medical experimentation” done by the Third Reich in the 1940s.
There is the rub they are a testing ground for theory….If this holds up we can expect a rise in some diseases especially here in the South……chuq