How Trump’s anti-vax agenda is infecting Australia
During Trump’s second term, the misinformation has been relentless – undermining public trust in vaccines, as outbreaks of previously eliminated diseases flare up again.
Last week, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for fewer childhood vaccines, sprouting links to autism – which have been definitively disproved by scientists and health organisations around the world.
During Trump’s second term, the misinformation from him and his health secretary, Robert F Kennedy jr, has been relentless – undermining public trust in vaccines, as outbreaks of previously eliminated diseases flare up again.
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