President Donald Trump praised ”amazing” vaccines that work during an Oval Office order signing session on Friday, amid mounting calls from Democrats for the removal of health secretary and notorious vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Speaking to reporters, Trump was asked about Florida’s recent decision to repeal state laws mandating childhood vaccinations for diseases such as measles, mumps, and chicken pox.
“I think we have to be very careful,” Trump replied. “You have some vaccines that are very amazing—the polio vaccine, I happen to think is amazing; a lot of people think COVID is amazing. But you have some vaccines that are so incredible, and I think you have to be very careful when you say that some people don’t have to be vaccinated. It’s a very tough position.
“You have vacc