President Trump, once a fierce critic of vaccines, has become a cheerleader for them during the coronavirus outbreak. Here’s a look at his changing positions.
President Trump, once a fierce critic of vaccines, has become a cheerleader for them during the coronavirus outbreak. Here’s a look at his changing positions.
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Tracing Trump’s Evolving Views on Vaccines
President Trump, once a fierce critic of vaccines, has become a cheerleader for them during the coronavirus outbreak. Here’s a look at his changing positions.
I knew a case, a two-year-old child, went for the vaccination. The child was fine. A month, later the parent was up in arms, didn’t know what was going on because the baby had just lost it. What I don’t like seeing is a 20-pound little baby going in and having this one massive inoculation with all of these things combined. I’d like it spread over, because look, our autism rate is at a level that it’s never been — nobody, you know, in the old days you didn’t even hear about autism, and now it’s at a level that’s so high. I am totally in favor of vaccines, but I want smaller doses over a longer period of time because you take a baby in, and I’ve seen it, and I’ve seen it. And I had my children taken care of over a long period of time. They have to get the shot, the vaccinations are so important. This is really going around now. They have to get their shots. Three, four weeks ago, I was sitting, and I said, “What do we lose with a regular flu?” They said about 27,000 minimum, goes up to 70 sometimes even 80. One year, it went up to 100,000 people. I said, “Nobody told me that.” So I actually told the pharmaceutical companies you have to do a little bit better job on that vaccine. Really — you have to do a better job with that vaccine. America has the world’s greatest professionals working, and they are working very, very hard. We’re moving aggressively to accelerate the process of developing a vaccine.
Tracing Trump’s Evolving Views on Vaccines
President Trump, once a fierce critic of vaccines, has become a cheerleader for them during the coronavirus outbreak. Here’s a look at his changing positions.
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