Given all of this bad news, where do we stand right now with regards to the future of vaccines and Donald Trump? Well, let’s get to the good news first. If you’ve never heard of AAPS, they are a politically conservative non-profit association founded in 1943 to “fight socialized medicine and to fight the government takeover of medicine.” Along with being opposed to many public health and right to healthcare issues, they’re not big fans of vaccines and mandatory vaccinations. Price belongs to a radical, right wing physician’s group called the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). Price is a physician, which should be a good thing at HHS. Then, Trump named Tom Price to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which has the ultimate responsibility for America’s vaccine program. We’re hoping Trump didn’t, but you never know. Depending on the source, Trump either asked or didn’t ask Kennedy to chair a vaccine safety commission. Kennedy, Jr., who, despite his family’s illustrious liberal name and support of science, wanted to work for Trump to investigate the safety of vaccines.
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Next up, Trump had a meeting with vaccine denier, Robert F.
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Of course, it doesn’t make sense that Betsy DeVos, who has approximately zero knowledge of the American educational system, is confirmed to be Secretary of Education under Trump. I’m laughing nervously. Of course, Trump wouldn’t choose Wakefield for such an illustrious position. The bromance continued after the election, which has had more than a few pro-science types nervously joking that Wakefield might be appointed CDC Director. Talk about putting the fear into the future of vaccines. Of course, the fraudster Andrew Wakefield has had an ongoing bromance with Trump, and explicitly endorsed Trump for President. I don’t know why I would ask for evidence from a man who spends almost all of his day denying evidence for most science. He thinks that that children get too many vaccines, he’s wrong on that too, although if he has some medical background which he hid from the world, we’d be glad to hear what his research tells us about “too many vaccines.” He claims that doctors are wrong about vaccines. He thinks that vaccines cause autism, and he’s been wrong on almost everything about them. They’re not good.įirst, Trump has been tweeting about vaccines since 2012. In case you’ve not kept up, let’s have a quick review of Donald Trump’s views on vaccines. So when it comes to the future of vaccines and Donald Trump, I’ve reached a whole new level of abhorrence. Seriously, Trump makes me yearn for the days when George W Bush was running things. If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know two things – my support for vaccines is unwavering, and my loathing of Donald Trump is unmatched by just about anyone in politics.