Fact-checking Trump's claims as he rolls back some recommended vaccines
Summary
President Donald Trump signed an order reducing the number of recommended vaccines for children from 18 to 11 and suggested splitting the MMR vaccine into separate shots. Several of his claims about vaccines, such as the number of shots children receive, the size of vaccine doses, the safety of the MMR vaccine, and a link between vaccines and autism, are misleading or false according to health experts and official sources.Key Facts
- The CDC previously recommended vaccines against 18 diseases for children; the new order cuts this number to 11.
- The White House claimed children receive "72 jabs," but this counts all possible doses by age 18, including flu and COVID vaccines, not just for little kids.
- The actual size of an MMR vaccine dose is about 0.5 milliliters, much smaller than the size of a soda bottle as President Trump suggested.
- The CDC states serious side effects from the MMR vaccine are extremely rare; common risks may include febrile seizures in about 1 in 3,000-4,000 children.
- No scientific evidence links vaccines to autism; increases in autism diagnoses are mainly due to better detection and criteria changes.
- The World Health Organization confirmed in a large study that vaccines do not cause autism.
- The timing of vaccinations overlaps with the age autism is usually diagnosed, which can cause mistaken associations.
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