Trump determined to link life-saving shots to autism, despite science and political risk.

The White House is drafting an executive order on the disproven link between vaccines and autism, according to independent reports from The Washington Post and Bloomberg, which both cited unnamed sources with knowledge of the efforts.

Bloomberg reported that the executive order, which is still taking shape and is subject to change, could be issued as soon as next week. The Post said the order’s drafting so far is aimed at the childhood vaccine schedule, autism research, and parental choice for vaccinations.

Dozens of high-quality studies encompassing data from millions of children worldwide have already been carried out on the topic and have consistently found no link between childhood vaccines and autism. The claim of a link stems from an unethical, fraudulent study that was retracted years ago, and its author was stripped of his medical license.

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[–] 46 points 3 months ago (3 children)

The damage that this administration has done and continues to do to this country, and indeed the world at-large, is truly incalculable.

There is no hell that man could conjure up, even in the most twisted of mind, that would be a just eternal prison for the architects and useful idiots that have ushered in this reign of depravity.

Praying on the fears and desperation of parents who want to know why is amongst the most despicable things a person could do.

I’d settle for a brain aneurism on live TV. Just an ope and he’s gone.

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  • [–] 42 points 3 months ago

    Dumbass thinks if he declares it, it makes it true.

    If this happens, the pedo will then go about EOing that he is king, that he can't be prosecuted, that saying anything bad about him is treason ect ect.

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  • [–] 25 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    It’s the other way around. Autism causes vaccines. We get all these people into medical research, and they turn oreos and burgers and no sleep into vaccines.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    You don't have to be autistic to be drawn to a life of repeating the same steps over and over with tiny variations and pouring over the data that comes of it but it sure does help

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  • [–] 17 points 3 months ago

    The octogenarian reportedly wants to be remembered as the president who cured autism and believes he can achieve that by scaling back vaccines

    Man is he not going to like what he's actually remembered for down the road.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago

    Medical science by fiat. Why didn't I think of that?

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    So the science does not support their wacko ideas, so now they make it the law? Just like that state that once ruled that PI is 4?

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    I don’t think they know how executive order work.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago

    white house drafting executive order about how flames go out when do much flogiston builds up. oh and how frogs are born from mud.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (1 child)
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    Fucking shame. Since this administration took hold, I’ve been avoiding our CDC and getting that kind of information from my official state sites (we still use scientifically backed resources) and Canada’s government sites.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    You can't have autism if you're dead!

    Amirite?!

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    "So it's true!" /s

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    But isn't the brain worm infected shit for brains now urging the measles vaccine?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Does the vaccine make you turn orange?

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    [–] 135 points 3 months ago (17 children)

    So we have gotten to “ordering” science to be something it isn’t. Got it.

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  • [–] 63 points 3 months ago (8 children)

    Yes, that’s right. I recently spoke with five friends of mine who are chief physicians and senior physicians in Spain, Switzerland, and Germany: They all agreed—the U.S. is no longer conducting scientific research; the CDC, which used to be a globally important institution because many countries followed its guidelines, no longer exists, since all competent staff who refused to go along with this absurdity were fired.

    They are appalled at how quickly this decline was orchestrated by the Trump regime, especially since it took decades to reach an international consensus. All of them have lost all trust in U.S. institutions and believe that these inhumane policies will cost hundreds of thousands of lives worldwide.

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  • [–] 48 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    The erosion of US soft power is the greatest gift Trump could give to Russia and China, it will take generations to recover, if ever. It’s not a crazy idea to start learning some Chinese if you work in a technical field.

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  • [–] 24 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Not to be a doomer, but I don't really expect it to ever fully recover. I can't really think of any other times in history when an Empire started to nose-dive like this and managed to fully get back to where it was TBH.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Honestly I don't even think the US will exist in 10 years, at least not to it's current extent.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago*

    I don't think Russia plays much of a role here, but yes, absolutely: Trump and his henchmen are, in my opinion, merely accelerating the decline of the U.S.

    This former superpower is clearly on its last legs, as too many resources have been embezzled—as is typical in oligarchies. Therefore, aggression is all that remains for it, since its bloated military apparatus is the only thing left, alongside the IT sector, which is currently dismantling itself for the very same reasons that led to this situation.

    China is also a misanthropic autocracy, but the policies of its leaders are nonetheless far-sighted, forward-looking, and skillful, which is why China is already the superpower that the U.S. once was (albeit it's glory was bought on credit after WWII).

    Europe’s future, in my view, depends on whether it will be possible to shake off the influence of the U.S. and its disastrous turbo-capitalism. Unfortunately, it does not look that way, because in the strongest European countries, neo-capitalist forces are still at work, whose maxim is now turning into fascism precisely because their approach is no longer competitive in today’s world.

    Either way, dark times are ahead for science—and, consequently, for humanity as well.

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  • [–] -3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    If it can be built it can rebuild so the “ if ever “ isn’t a useful comment. It’s exhausting when people say that.

    What is useful is that it could take a long ass time for sure.

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  • [–] 35 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Lol, no other administration in history has made the executive order so utterly pointless and meaningless

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  • [–] 59 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    Remember when Tylenol was linked to autism, crashing the stock price of its maker just long enough for that business to be acquired at a steep discount by its new owner? And how we never heard about a link between Tylenol and autism again?

    I wonder which vaccine maker is about to get a hostile takeover?

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    I don’t who is the new owner? Bayer? ‘Cause that’d fit.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Kimberly-Clark apparently.

    In November 2025, Kimberly-Clark announced it would buy Tylenol producer Kenvue for $48.7 billion. The deal would add the Aveeno, Band-Aid, Benadryl, Benylin, Calpol, Carefree, Clean & Clear, Combantrin, Imodium, Listerine, Motrin, Mylanta, Neutrogena, Nicorette, Johnson's Baby, Sudafed, Visine, and Zyrtec brands to the company's portfolio.

    But also...

    Kimberly-Clark shares are mainly held by institutional investors (The Vanguard Group, BlackRock, State Street Corporation, and others).

    So make of that what you will.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    In November 2025, Kimberly-Clark announced it would buy Tylenol producer Kenvue for $48.7 billion. The deal would add the Aveeno, Band-Aid, Benadryl, Benylin, Calpol, Carefree, Clean & Clear, Combantrin, Imodium, Listerine, Motrin, Mylanta, Neutrogena, Nicorette, Johnson's Baby, Sudafed, Visine, and Zyrtec brands to the company's portfolio.[34][35]

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  • [–] 21 points 3 months ago

    “The waves have disobeyed me - guards! Lash the sea with your whips!”

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  • [–] 19 points 3 months ago (1 child)
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    Hell, why not. This administration is already going to be known as the very worst in history, with the very stupidest person as President, not to mention the idiots he surrounded himself with.

    Why not just completely chuck any pretense about caring about science and facts out the window?

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  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago (1 child)
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    No more science, just executive orders.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Recent reporting indicates that the White House’s continued effort to forge a false connection between vaccines and autism is coming from Trump directly. The octogenarian reportedly wants to be remembered as the president who cured autism and believes he can achieve that by scaling back vaccines, according to reporting by The Wall Street Journal.

    So he actually believes this bullshit?

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  • [–] 19 points 3 months ago

    They ordering a link to exist between the two? Americans are some real dumb mutherfuckers.

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  • When you think your fragile ego is more valuable than millions of Americans lives.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago

    And I order linking my bank account and trillions of dollars 🙄

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago

    But but but it was that word that Trump couldn’t announce that sounds hard to say, so instead he said the brand name. It’s the brand name that causes autism.

    Fucking joke of a country America is. Anyways enjoy polio and tetanus.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago

    Fuck the executive branch... while we're at it, fuck the judicial and legislative branches, too. None of them are government for the people any more.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    So I guess executive orders are now just the barely coherent ramblings of a delusional old racism pedophile? I mean, it’s that or Stephen Miller’s wet dreams.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Bwahahahahaha! Never mind that there was an Israeli study done decades ago that found a higher incidence of Autism in children fathered by men over 40..

    It was noticed by the IDF as it is mandatorily required that every young Israeli does a tour of duty in the military except for those with disabilities.. and at looking at the young Israelis that fell on the spectrum that were unable to serve, guess what was found? Older fathers. Enough so that it stuck out.

    This fits with the incidence of autism in the well-heeled solidly middle class families where dad waited until he was set and financially sound in his 40's and married the fertile 20-something wife and all of the sudden, it's that demographic that first started noticing their kids had problems.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    Even then, did they eliminate income at conception?

    Parents who wait til later to have kids are going to be more financial sound and thus can handle raising an autistic child with a way lower mortality rate.

    Gotta account for income gaps too.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago*

    there was an Israeli study done decades ago

    The Israeli medical and research industries are rife with scams. They "cure cancer" about three times a year. You can't reasonably believe anything any of their "studies" say. They publish them purely for self interest.

    White collar crime is an epidemic in Israel. About 5% of Israels gdp is money laundering, for instance. Thats VERY high. They arent just shitty and criminal to non-zios, they lie and steal amongst themselves as well.

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    the administration would use “gold standard science” to ensure the US has the “best childhood vaccine schedule in the world.”

    "golden rule" people has joined the chat...

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    I'm so scared they're going to force kids to take some kind of snake oil cure.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    DjT has confused executive orders with tweets.

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    [–] 11 points 3 months ago

    Just writing it louder still doesn't make it true, Dummy.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    Reality distortion field

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Hide those Sharpies…Diaper has another point he wants to try to make

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Ah, so it's no longer the Trump admin's position that Tylenol causes autism, but vaccines. Well, I suppose it was inevitable that they'd shift to the more popular form of autism crankery.

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