President Donald Trump made another ridiculous public health announcement promoting old, debunked vaccine myths Monday.
Flanked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz, Trump pushed the debunked conspiracy that autism is caused by everything from acetaminophen to vaccines.
"I can say that there are certain groups of people that don't take vaccines and don't take any pills that have no autism. Does that tell you something?” Trump said, asking Kennedy, “Is that a correct statement, by the way?"
"There are some studies that suggest that, yeah. With the Amish, for example,” Kennedy replied.
"The Amish, yeah. Virtually … I heard none,” Trump agreed. “See, Bobby wants to be very careful with wha