Trump demands drugmakers break up vaccines into five shots
President Donald Trump said his administration is pressuring pharmaceutical companies to break up childhood vaccines into five separate doses based on the debunked theory that vaccines cause autism.
TL;DR
- President Trump is pushing pharmaceutical companies to divide childhood vaccines into five smaller doses.
- Trump claims this will lead to a 'massive reduction in autism,' based on a debunked theory linking vaccines to the disorder.
- The proposal involves giving 20% doses at six-month intervals, increasing the number of injections.
- The MMR vaccine has been a past target of Trump's criticism, despite scientific consensus refuting its link to autism.
- A previous executive order reduced recommended childhood vaccines from 18 to 11 and instructed negotiations to break up the MMR vaccine.
- Drug companies have previously expressed reluctance to change vaccine formulations that require more doctor visits for the same immunity.