HHS Secretary Alex Azar said Monday that a measles outbreak had infected at least 704 people, the highest number recorded in 25 years, and praised President Donald Trump for urging U.S. parents to vaccinate their children after years of stating that vaccines cause autism.
Azar said Trump's statements during the 2016 campaign linking vaccination to autism were based on a “debate about this issue but it’s been settled. The scientific community generated definitive information so we can reassure every parent there is no link.”“The president is very clear that children should get their shots, that parents should make sure they are up to date,” Azar told reporters on a call.
Scientists immediately challenged the 1998 paper linking the measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine to autism, and it was retracted by the journal that published it in 2010. But Trump repeated the claim during his campaign and met with its author, the British gastroenterologist Andrew Wakefield.
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Settled?
Trump just didn't want it to effect his possibilities of getting re-elected. He dont care about anybody but himself.
Did Secretary Azar provide the new information that settled the debate since the 2016 vaccine opposition statement? There are Americans who would benefit from these studies/papers. For most Americans this issue was settled many years ago.
Like some are still debating if the moon landing really did occure...
Disgusting Azar. Has had 2 years to fix skyrocketing prescription prices and what’s been done since he was appointed to this post-nothing. Trump broke an important promise to the American people.
Boloney! That debate was well over before Trump nixed vaccines in public. Most people with a working brain knew there was no link long before Trump admitted it.
No just a dumb ass statement that had no scientific backing👿💩👺🤡
Why is he answering for the president
It was settled before 2016.
trumpchump🙄
But how many people are now sick or have died because of Trump embracing the BS conspiracy theory?
No. The president is a conspiracy theory idiot. Stop trying to paint a pretty picture of a very sad fact.
We have the dumbest administration.
No Sec. Azar, it was based on stupidity and that still exists.
Medical science was 'settled' when they told us to stay away from eggs too.🤔 Medical errors are towards the top of the list of causes of death, according to John's Hopkins researcher. Remember, they're practicing medicine.
Bull$hit—you are lie with very little effort.
Actually Trump was against massive one time injections, he was never against vaccines. But carry on
How can do many people be so full of shit
A debate that has been 'since been settled?' Since when? The first half of the last century? Cause that is when that debate was settled.
FFS
I didn't get involved in said 'debate' until a Kennedy attached his name to it =\\
An alternative story to the truth that Donald Trump would lie to anyone about anything if he thought he'd get a vote out of it.
Making money from Pharmaceutical companies?
I was under the assumption the issue was settled decades ago when these diseases were erradicated.
Azar has also been part of LOSING the incarcerated children! He lied and said he could find them by just a click on the computer! He’s working for Trump!
Let’s tell the truth here. His statements were based on rhetoric and propaganda he saw or heard somewhere and didn’t bother to fact-check. Like so many other things he spouts off about. He has absolutely no idea what’s true and what’s not.
Talk about handling Trump adroitly - whoa !
Whatever
Bullshit, they was no scientific debate, and giving Trump credit is insane.
Useful tools until theyre not.
Bullshit. This has never been under serious doubt, at least not any time in the last whole bunch of decades since the discovery of vaccines.
It’s be nice if at least one person appointed by 45 didn’t look or sound like a dick Tracy villain
The Democrat media sure has a lot of vomit to spew out today. Politicals trying to keep up with anti-semitic New York times! FakeNews
HHS Secretary Alex Azar suggested that President Trump’s statements linking vaccines to autism during the 2016 campaign were based on a “debasement of science” that had long been settled
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