"When it comes to vaccines, president Donald Trump's attitude tends to be "do what I say, not what I do." Over the weekend, it was revealed that Trump received both a flu shot and a COVID-19 booster during his second physical of 2025. News of Trump's inoculations came from Trump's personal physician, Dr. Sean Barbabella, who wrote that the shots were part of a preventative health battery "in preparation for upcoming international travel.""
"Trump's Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy is a longtime anti-vaxxer and medicinal snake oil grifter. Kennedy has frequently railed about the COVID vaccines - which were developed with the assistance ofthe first Trump administration, albeit with a shaky rollout - calling it the "deadliest vaccine ever made." (To date, it's estimated that inoculation against COVID has saved nearly 15 million lives.)"
"In September, after failing to find the promised cause, Kennedy's CDC filed a notice that it was awarding a contract to further investigate possible links between vaccines and autism. "Dear MAGA - guess who just got both the updated COVID vaccine and flu shots today?" wrote epidemiologist and and New England Complex Systems Institute researcher Eric Feigl-Ding. "Your dear Leader Trump. Maybe you should get them too.""
President Donald Trump received both a flu shot and an updated COVID-19 booster during his second physical of 2025, with his personal physician, Dr. Sean Barbabella, noting the vaccinations were part of a preventative health battery in preparation for upcoming international travel. The administration has publicly criticized vaccines while taking actions that weaken U.S. public health infrastructure. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy has long promoted anti-vaccine views, called COVID vaccines "the deadliest vaccine ever made," and pursued investigations into alleged links between vaccines and autism. Epidemiologist Eric Feigl-Ding highlighted Trump's inoculations and encouraged vaccination; administrative cuts to public health continue.
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