Trump floats fractional vaccines, sparking policy and health debate
TL;DR
Trump teased splitting childhood vaccines into five '20% doses' every six months to reshape the vaccine schedule, claiming it would massively reduce autism—a claim debunked by science. Experts warned such dosing could render vaccines ineffective, while Merck defended evidence-based immunization policies. The idea follows earlier executive orders and court battles over changes to the ACIP-recommended schedule that regulators have sought to adjust but which have faced legal challenges.
- Trump calls for some childhood vaccines be split into smaller doses Fierce Pharma
- Trump says some routine immunizations will be split into five separate shots. Vaccine experts say it won’t work cnn.com
- Trump says he will demand some childhood vaccines be split into five shots Reuters
- President Trump’s newest vaccine ‘demands’ repeat old misinformation STAT
- Trump to demand more misguided changes to the childhood immunization schedule MS NOW
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