With Donald Trump now on the cusp of being at the helm of the Presidency, many have likely forgotten America’s controversial uprising regarding vaccines. The subject of vaccinating children has become some of the most polarizing discourse in our country, only recently overshadowed by Trump’s surprising win over rival, Hillary Clinton.
With Clinton, the vaccine narrative had a conclusion: Her position was, well, “clear,” as she has publicly reassured those who believe vaccines should be a mandatory part of school children’s lives. However, Clinton was not to be as her crushing Presidential run came to a decidedly rough conclusion on America’s main-stage.
And lost in all of this was Donald Trump’s original admissions revealing his stances on vaccines. With Trump as President, the White House will house a President with the least stringent views on vaccines in recent memory (at least in the modern era of vaccines). Depending on what side of the fence you may reside on, that could be terrifying or it could be glorious. Trump has made no recent public stances on vaccines. He may do little to none. He may leave it to the states (he seems to hint that he’d like to place many issues back with the states). Or he could change the scope of how we research the potential causes of autism. The clock is ticking.
History shows Trump’s uncomfortable feelings over vaccines going back years. For mandatory vaccine proponents, this would serve as evidence that at the very least, they aren’t going to get White House support for future legislations as they would have had Clinton taken the helm.
Back in 2012, Donald Trump gave an interview with Fox News. He discussed having an employee who’s child was diagnosed with autism. The autism, according to the employee, was onset following the receiving of vaccines.
“I’ve gotten to be pretty familiar with the subject,” Trump told Fox News’ Fox & Friends. “You know, I have a theory — and it’s a theory that some people believe in — and that’s the vaccinations. We never had anything like this.
“This is now an epidemic. It’s way, way up over the past 10 years. It’s way up over the past two years. And, you know, when you take a little baby that weighs like 12 pounds into a doctor’s office and they pump them with many, many simultaneous vaccinations — I’m all for vaccinations, but I think when you add all of these vaccinations together and then two months later the baby is so different then lots of different things have happened. I really — I’ve known cases.”
Back in March of 2014, Trump talked about kids getting “pumped” with multiple vaccines and developing autism following.
Healthy young child goes to doctor, gets pumped with massive shot of many vaccines, doesn’t feel good and changes – AUTISM. Many such cases!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2014
He continued a few months later noting that many parents feel that autism is the cause of their children’s autism (in this case, Trump is sticking up for the parents who hold such beliefs).
“@P01YN0NYM0U55: @jamandatrtl #vaccines #Shills insist #Autism starts in utero or genetic, but parents insist sudden onset after #vaccine“
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 6, 2014
And lastly, Trump has even been on record as accusing Doctors of completely lying about the side-effects of vaccines.
I am being proven right about massive vaccinations—the doctors lied. Save our children & their future.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2014
Dr. Ben Carson felt capable that he could run the Presidency, however, yesterday, by his own admission, he said he didn’t feel similarly comfortable performing a role on President-Elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet. His withdraw from the hat seemed awkward and suspicious. Was there a falling out between Carson and Trump’s current staffers and newly proposed Cabinet appointments? Carson implied his support during the transitional period would remain.
In February of 2015, Dr. Carson wrote a piece for the Washington Times regarding vaccines. Below is an excerpt and a potential clue as to why Carson may have dropped out of the race.
I have been asked many times throughout the past week for my thoughts concerning the issue of vaccines. The important thing is for us to make sure that the public understands that there is no substantial risk from vaccines and that the benefits are very significant. Although I strongly believe in individual rights and the rights of parents to raise their children as they see fit, I also recognize that public health and public safety are extremely important in our society. Certain communicable diseases have been largely eradicated by immunization policies in this country. We should not allow those diseases to return by forgoing safety immunization programs for philosophical, religious or other reasons when we have the means to eradicate these diseases.
It would seem unlikely Carson would be concerned with Trump taking a hands-off approach to vaccines, essentially leaving it to the states; but if he felt any possibility that Trump might pursue his anti-vaccination sentiments, it could have led to Carson withdrawing his name. Of course, with no rhetoric to either side of the issue being made public, it is impossible to know the truth. However, Carson’s absence now signals an awkward phase in Trump’s initial transition. Carson, ever since he withdrew from the Republican Primaries, has been one of Trump’s largest supporters. Trump, likewise, has shown an affinity for his former rival. Carson remains seemingly in wonderful standing with Trump’s transition team. But his saying he doesn’t want to play ball after that leads to speculation that he had some sort of inhibition to a Trump White House.
Of course, we may never know the complete truth.
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