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Trump says he is demanding drugmakers break up vaccines into five shots to prevent autism

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President Donald Trump said his administration is pressuring pharmaceutical companies to break up childhood vaccines into five separate doses based on the debunked theory that vaccines cause autism. Trump said during an Oval Office press conference on Friday that his administration is “demanding the drug companies” alter the potency of their vaccine formulas so children […]

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