President Donald Trump signed an govt order Friday aimed toward pulling federal funding from colleges and universities that require vaccinations in opposition to COVID-19.
Trump’s govt order represents a pledge that he made on the marketing campaign path — though at times it was unclear whether or not he would solely goal colleges that required COVID-19 vaccines, or colleges that had any sort of vaccine necessities. Widespread necessities embody vaccinations in opposition to polio and measles, mumps and rubella.
Newly minted Division of Well being and Human Companies Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has expressed doubt in regards to the efficacy of vaccinations and even helped spread false conspiracy theories that the jabs may trigger hurt.
Trump has given each indication that he’s prepared to capitulate to Kennedy’s theories.
On Thursday, the president signed an executive order titled “Establishing the President’s Make America Wholesome Once more Fee,” which outlined coverage aims and established Kennedy as head of the fee.
Language within the order hinted at conspiracy theories surrounding autism and even some long-prescribed psychiatric medicine; Kennedy’s fee is directed to evaluate the “prevalence of and menace posed by the prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antipsychotics, temper stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss medicine.”
