And anti-vaccination activists may have found a powerful ally in the next president of the United States. Recounting a suggestive anecdote is one thing, but will Trump go so far as undermine the success of the country’s vaccination program? Yeah, yeah, sure, Bobby, whatever you want. A spokeswoman for Trump did say he was “exploring the possibility.”“We ought to be debating the science,” Kennedy said after visiting with Trump this week. A new White House commission legitimizing the junk science behind the fear of immunizations will only add fuel to this smoldering fire.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 13, 2017 22:48 UTC