Doctors push back on Trump executive order to change childhood vaccine schedule

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order that makes recommendations about the childhood vaccine schedule and says that the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine should be split into three separate shots.

"This executive order is part of a troubling pattern by the administration to attempt to unilaterally change vaccine guidance, particularly for children, rather than relying on the transparent, scientific review that has guided the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule for decades," said Dr. Jan K. Carney, president of the American College of Physicians.

"I'm a doctor. This executive order is wrong. The President does not have the expertise to make these changes."

"Vaccines are overwhelmingly safe. Vaccines are effective. Vaccines DO NOT cause autism."

The American Academy of Pediatrics predicts it would take a decade to create a separate vaccine for each part of the MMR vaccine.