Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, a doctor and chairman of the Senate’s Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, has criticized President Donald Trump’s vaccine order as ‘wrong on so many levels.’ The order requires separate injections for measles, mumps, and rubella, which Cassidy argues will lead to more children being sick due to increased costs and inconvenience for parents.

Concerns Over Vaccine Policy

Cassidy’s comments come after Trump’s executive order, which says the combination vaccine that protects against measles, mumps, and rubella should be administered in three separate single-disease shots. Immunologists and vaccine experts say there’s no valid reason to do so. Cassidy, who has become an increasingly vocal critic of the president, stressed that the order would contribute to an increased loss of income for parents and make it more difficult for them to get their children vaccinated.

Cassidy’s criticism also follows his loss to a Trump-backed primary challenger, which made him the first GOP senator to lose renomination in close to a decade. Despite this, Cassidy has shown a greater willingness to criticize Trump and his policies, including the vaccine order.

Original reporting: KEYT (Ventura/Santa Barbara) — read the source article.