President Trump has issued new demands concerning vaccines that appear to repeat previously discredited talking points, according to STAT. The announcement came one day after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. assured vaccine-hesitant parents they had an ally in the White House.
STAT reports that Trump said he will be "demanding" that drug companies take certain actions, though the exact nature of those demands is not detailed in the available excerpt. The outlet characterizes the demands as echoing old misinformation.
The sequence of events underscores the administration's posture toward vaccine policy. Kennedy's promise of friendship and Trump's subsequent demands together signal a continued embrace of vaccine skepticism at the highest levels of government, as described by STAT.