Trump wants Big Pharma to split MMR vaccine; Big Pharma thinks it's idiotic
It took just hours for the leading pharma group to reject the recommendations.
On Monday, backlash against President Trump's directive to split the MMR vaccine was immediate and strong, with public health and medical organizations condemning the order as "dangerous, unscientific, false and misleading, so wrong" and warning it risks children's health. The medical and health communities have consistently opposed the anti-vaccine, anti-science policies championed by Trump and his health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who lacks scientific, medical, or public health qualifications.
The American Academy of Pediatrics, which deemed the order "not only disheartening but dangerous," is spearheading a lawsuit against prior modifications to federal childhood vaccine guidelines during the Trump administration. The organization, alongside other medical groups, secured a temporary injunction in March that reversed most of the changes. However, an unexpected response to Trump's order comes from the pharmaceutical industry.
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