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Trump signs order shrinking childhood vaccination schedule
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday restructuring the childhood vaccine schedule based on the hypothesis that the number of vaccines that children in the United States receive is the reason for rising rates of autism.
TL;DR
- President Donald Trump signed an executive order restructuring the childhood vaccine schedule.
- The order cuts the number of vaccines children receive from 18 to 11.
- This change is based on the hypothesis that the number of vaccines contributes to rising autism rates.
- The executive order also recommends splitting the MMR vaccine.
- This hypothesis contradicts decades of scientific research on vaccine safety.