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Trump says he will demand drug companies split up vaccines into more doses - The Washington Post
WorldBy Rachel Roubein9/18/20261 min read
Those comments came a day after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told attendees of a conference for the anti-vaccine group he founded that they have a “friend at the White House.”
✨ Key Highlights
- President Donald Trump said Friday he would demand that drug companies split up vaccines into five doses administered at six-month intervals.
- Trump claimed that spacing out vaccines in this manner would help reduce autism rates, an assertion not supported by scientific evidence.
- The remarks came one day after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed a conference for the anti-vaccine group he founded.
- Kennedy told attendees at that conference that they have "a friend at the White House," signaling alignment between the administration and vaccine skeptics.
- The comments reflect ongoing tensions between the current administration's stance on vaccines and established public health guidance.
President Donald Trump said Friday that he would be demanding drug companies further split up vaccines into five doses given in six-month intervals, and claimed that doing so would reduce autism rate