Attkisson asked if Trump thought there should be a Vaccine Safety Commission. I believe in vaccines, but I don't believe that, you know, you have to have a mandate for all of them, Trump said. He continued: The polio vaccine's amazing, you know, wiped it out. And I believe in vaccines, but you know, I think we're up to 88 vaccines. And I really feel that vaccines, if they were given in smaller quantities. They want to cut some out, and I think that's good, too, and I agree with that. Eighty-two's too many.
Many doctors and scientists were reeling Monday after President Donald Trump went on TV to insist that pregnant women should never take Tylenol and revive debunked theories about vaccines and autism. Trump went beyond his own Food and Drug Administration's more modest advice that doctors "should consider minimizing" the painkiller acetaminophen's use in pregnancy - amid inconclusive evidence about whether too much could be linked to autism.