“We’re going to recommend that they do five doses ... and that they be given in six-month intervals so that a small amount of the vaccine gets pumped into the body,” US President Donald Trump said during an event in the Oval Office, Reuters reports.
Trump provided no scientific evidence for the claim on Friday and did not specify which vaccines would be affected.
Trump calls for major change to childhood vaccines
US President Donald Trump wants some childhood vaccines to be split into five separate doses. He claims the change could reduce autism rates, despite extensive research finding no causal link between vaccines and autism.
By Ella Käck
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