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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Republican Senator Says Trump's Vaccine Order Is 'Wrong On So Many Levels'
Caption: Republican Senator Says Trump's Vaccine Order Is 'Wrong On So Many Levels’. Republican Senator Bill Cassidy has strongly criticised U.S. President Donald Trump's order calling for separate childhood vaccinations for measles, mumps and rubella. Cassidy, a doctor who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said the changes could require families to make six medical visits instead of two. He warned the additional appointments could force parents to take more time off work, creating inconvenience and potential loss of income. Cassidy said Trump's proposal could ultimately result in more children becoming sick by reducing protection against vaccine-preventable diseases. Trump’s order says the combined MMR vaccine should be administered as three separate single-disease shots, with childhood immunisations given at separate medical visits. Immunologists and vaccine experts have said there is no valid medical reason to separate the MMR vaccine in this way. Cassidy previously cast a key vote to confirm Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., despite concerns about Kennedy's long-standing vaccine skepticism. Cassidy said that as a physician he had seen people die or become seriously ill from vaccine-preventable diseases and warned the policy could reduce protection for children. Instructions: THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
Keywords: Current Affairs & Politics,Bill Cassidy,Donald Trump,Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,MMR vaccine,measles,mumps,rubella,vaccines,childhood immunisation,Senate
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