Trump signed an executive order Monday aimed at reducing the recommended number of childhood vaccines from 18 to 11, and urging parents to vaccinate their children in 5 separate medical visits, rather than all at once. When signing the order, Trump claimed that the MMR vaccine can be "quite lethal," but later admitted that he had not seen any evidence that the shot can be deadly. The CDC says the MMR vaccine is "very safe." Trump also reiterated claims that there is a link between childhood vaccines and autism, contradicting years of research that shows there is no connection between autism and vaccines. The order recommends that vaccines for Covid, rotavirus, the flu, hepatitis A, hepatitis B and bacterial meningitis be administered based on shared clinical decision-making, rather than universally. #Vaccines #MMR #CDC #Autism #ExecutiveOrder