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released revealing a link between the
measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine
and autism, naturally parents reacted.
Vaccination rates took a major hit as a
result, and that caused an outbreak of
measles, mumps and rubella. This remains
a concern today because the
same thing would happen if a large number
of people refused to get a certain
vaccination, or if vaccination companies
were not allowed to give vaccinations
anymore because of regulations. If that
were to happen, the results would be catastrophic
and felt worldwide. “Despite
all this, and to no benefit of the public,
he has returned to the spotlight by meeting
with President Donald Trump” (Garrett
para 6), and with his 2016 movie
Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe,
which is an investigation in the Center
for Disease Control and Prevention’s
destruction of a study linking autism to
the MMR vaccine. He is still a vaccine
critic, and continues to push his agenda.
His meeting with Trump at his inaugural
ball raises questions, as he talks
about his call for a overhaul of the Center
for Disease Control and Prevention.
He walked around the ball talking about
looking for important individuals who
he could “prevail upon them to make a
world a better place for children with autism,
a safer place for children” (Garrett
para 2). His return may be problematic
for the vaccine industry, and more importantly,
parents and children. Like the
first time he published a study, an outbreak
of measles, mumps, and rubella
may occur if they were to overhaul the
Center for Disease Control and Prevention,
like he said. The Trump administration
is a cause for concern throughout
the scientific community because of these
meetings that have been held with these
anti-vaccination people such as Andrew
Wakefield and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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