Trump and Kennedy Reiterate False Vaccine Claims in New ‘Gold Standard’ Order

FactCheck.org notes that during the Aug. 10 signing of an executive order on vaccines, Trump and RFK Jr. repeated a string of false or misleading claims—ranging from alleging the U.S. requires 72 injections to linking vaccines with autism, and advocating breaking up combination vaccines—while critics say the move to shrink the routine schedule from 17 to 11 diseases would place the U.S. at the low end among peers, court rulings have blocked similar changes, and medical experts emphasize that vaccines are safe and the current schedule should not be altered.