The move comes as US faces increased threats from bird flu, mpox, measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases

Summary

Donald Trump’s nomination of anti-vaccine advocate David Weldon to lead the CDC has sparked celebration among anti-vaccine groups.

Weldon, a former congressman and longtime critic of vaccine safety, has promoted debunked theories linking vaccines to autism and appeared in anti-vaccine films.

His nomination raises concerns about undermining vaccine recommendations, public health messaging, and legal protections for vaccine manufacturers, potentially jeopardizing access to childhood immunizations.

Critics warn this move signals the Trump administration’s alignment with anti-vaccine ideologies, prioritizing politics over science-based public health policies.

  • mkhopper@lemmy.world
    22·
    26 days ago

    I wish anti-vaxxers would think really hard and realize that 99% of them received the MMR (and others) vaccine as a child.
    Numb fucks don’t understand that it’s vaccines that let them live as healthy as they have.

    And how many still receive flu vaccine every year? I’ll bet that while many are spouting anti-vaxxer bullshit out of one side of their mouth, they’re quietly scheduling the yearly shots out of the other.
    Can’t throw around lies when sick in bed.

    • OutlierBlue@lemmy.caEnglish
      20·
      26 days ago

      The problem is that no one knows all the times they didn’t catch a horrible disease because of vaccines. It’s impossible to ever know. But every time they seen anyone with autism it reinforces their ridiculous belief that they’re related.

    • WarlordSdocy@lemmy.world
      7·
      25 days ago

      I haven’t met any anti-vaxers who still get flu shots unless it’s the people who are specifically against the covid vaccines because of them being mandatory and “experimental”. But yeah they definitely benefitted from getting those shots as a kid and even if they didn’t they still benefitted from everyone else getting them due to herd immunity.