U.S. President Donald Trump plans to demand that manufacturers split childhood vaccines into five separate doses — ostensibly to reduce autism cases. He did not specify which vaccines he was referring to, Reuters reports, according to infohub.kz.
"We're going to recommend that they make five doses. (...) and administer them at six-month intervals so that a small amount of vaccine enters the body," the publication quoted Trump as saying.
Back in August, Trump signed an executive order calling for a review and reduction of childhood vaccinations. In particular, the Trump administration proposed cutting the number of recommended childhood shots from 18 to 11 and splitting the combined measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three separate shots.
Experts point out that measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines are not licensed in the United States, and it could take years before any of them become available in split form.
The publication notes that Trump's order supports a long-standing goal of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He is known as an anti-vaccine activist who claims vaccines cause autism, although the scientific community has repeatedly proven this link false.
Kursiv previously wrote that Trump's order to reduce vaccinations does not mean that all children in the U.S. will immediately stop receiving some vaccines. The reason is that vaccination requirements for school entry are set by individual states, not the federal government.
Kursiv Health also reported on which vaccinations a child needs from birth to age 16 in Kazakhstan.