Overview
- President Trump, in a Sunday interview on Full Measure, said infants get “a vat” of vaccines and suggested smaller, spread-out shots to reduce autism.
- CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale said children do not receive 82 or 88 vaccines and that vaccine doses are a tiny fraction of a teaspoon.
- Dale also noted that pediatric vaccinations already occur over multiple doctor visits rather than in a single session.
- Autism Speaks said more than 20 years of high-quality studies involving millions of children show no causal link between vaccines and autism.
- Trump praised HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and said he opposes broad mandates, drawing quick criticism from writers and scientists quoted in the coverage.