Ars Technica
Trump signs bonkers order that cuts vaccines, promotes ones that don't exist
Monday, August 10, 2026
President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of Health and Human Services to review vaccine safety protocols. Trump stated that the MMR vaccine is "quite lethal" and claimed a connection between vaccines and autism. The scientific consensus, established through multiple large-scale studies, shows no causal link between the MMR vaccine and autism, and the MMR vaccine has a documented safety record. Trump's order did not specify which vaccines he referenced as not existing.
