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Trump says some routine immunizations will be split into five separate shots. Vaccine experts say it won’t work
CNN • • general
Key Points:
- President Donald Trump announced plans to recommend breaking up certain childhood vaccines into five smaller doses given six months apart, aiming to reduce the amount of vaccine administered at one time.
- Medical experts, including Dr. Paul Offit, warn that this approach would make vaccines ineffective and would not improve safety, as vaccine dosing is carefully optimized for immune protection.
- Trump suggested changes to the federal childhood vaccine schedule could lead to a "massive reduction in autism," despite extensive scientific evidence showing no link between vaccines and autism.
- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., known for anti-vaccine advocacy, supports Trump’s vaccine skepticism and received applause at an anti-vaccine conference.
- The proposed changes echo Trump’s previous claims that current vaccine volumes are dangerously large, but experts emphasize that vaccines do not overwhelm infants’ immune systems and are administered in safe, scientifically tested doses.
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