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WHO chief says Trump vaccine push goes against ‘decades of evidence’

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 275 words · By Al Jazeera Staff
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WHO chief says Trump vaccine push goes against ‘decades of evidence’ The US health secretary has spent years saying the MMR vaccine caused autism despite no medical evidence.

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What happened

WHO chief says Trump vaccine push goes against ‘decades of evidence’ The US health secretary has spent years saying the MMR vaccine caused autism despite no medical evidence.

Why it matters

The World Health Organization (WHO) chief has accused United States President Donald Trump of ignoring “decades of evidence” with his push to overhaul US childhood vaccination policy.

Common ground

The warning from WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday comes days after Trump signed an order calling for a rethink of school vaccine mandates and renewed calls for the split of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three…

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Claim 1: “US records 2,318 measles cases, already surpassing 2025 total”
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Three independent web search results (including Prothom Alo and AMJ) explicitly state that the US recorded 2,318 measles cases, surpassing the 2025 total.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Last of Us is an action-adventure video game series and media franchise created by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The series is set in a post-apocalyptic United State…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geog…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal c…
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Claim 2: “Trump signed an order calling for a rethink of school vaccine mandates and renewed calls for the split of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three separate doses.”
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Web search results explicitly mention that President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for fewer childhood vaccinations and that Tedros Adhanom warned against the separation of vaccine doses, which corroborates the claim of a push to rethink mandates and split the MMR vaccine.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During his second term as President of the United States, Donald Trump has made numerous false or misleading claims.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The MMR vaccine (abbreviated as MMR) is a combination vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles). It contains the combined measles vaccine, mumps vaccine, and rubella vaccine into a …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMR_vaccine
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Tr…
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Claim 3: “The World Health Organization (WHO) chief has accused United States President Donald Trump of ignoring “decades of evidence” with his push to overhaul US childhood vaccination policy.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus criticized President Trump's vaccine policy changes, stating that the science is 'unequivocal' and that separating doses could leave children more exposed to diseases.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Ge'ez: ቴዎድሮስ አድሓኖም ገብረኢየሱስ, sometimes spelled ቴድሮስ ኣድሓኖም ገብረየሱስ; born 3 March 1965) is an Ethiopian public health official, researcher, diplomat, and the director-general o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tedros_Adhanom_Ghebreyesus
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the disease and virus were sometimes called "coronavirus", "novel coronavirus", "Wuhan coronavirus", or "Wuhan pneumonia". In January 2020, the World He…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The director-general of the World Health Organization is the chief executive officer of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the principal advisor to the United Nations on matters pertaining to glo…
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Claim 4: “Trump’s Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has long promoted a disproven link between the MMR shot and autism.”
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Wikipedia explicitly identifies Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the 26th US Secretary of Health and Human Services and states that he has promoted the 'scientifically disproved claim of a causal link between vaccines and autism'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robert Anthony De Niro ( də NEER-roh; Italian: [de ˈniːro]; born August 17, 1943) is an American actor and producer. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors of his generatio…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. (born January 17, 1954), also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author, conspiracy theorist, and anti-vaccine activist serving …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 2005, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promoted vaccine misinformation and public-health conspiracy theories, including the chemtrail conspiracy theory, HIV/AIDS denialism, and the scientifically dispr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Views_of_Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr.
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Claim 5: “Since joining the Trump administration, Kennedy has launched a sweeping review of longstanding vaccines, rewritten the childhood immunisation schedule, and slashed funding for new vaccine development.”
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Web search results confirm that Kennedy has launched a review of vaccines, rewritten the immunization schedule, and slashed funding. Additionally, another source confirms he removed 17 members of the CDC's vaccine panel.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy III (born September 2, 1984) is an American film director, theatre director and screenwriter. He is the eldest son of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a grandson of Robert F. K…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_III
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. (born January 17, 1954), also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author, conspiracy theorist, and anti-vaccine activist serving …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his campaign for the 2024 United States presidential election on April 19, 2023. An environmental lawyer, writer, and member of the Kennedy family, he is known for advo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr._2024_pre…
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