Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, on Sunday hesitantly corrected former President Donald Trump, who had falsely claimed the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine is “lethal.”
During an appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” host Margaret Brennan played a clip of Trump making the claim, asserting without evidence that the MMR vaccine could be lethal if administered as a single combination shot. Trump made these comments on the same day he signed an executive order revising vaccine recommendations.
Brennan pressed Oz, asking if he wanted to clarify Trump’s statement. Oz initially responded by saying Trump wants Americans to “get the treatments that their doctors are recommending to them, but we also want parents to have the autonomy to decide what their kids receive.”
When Brennan specifically asked about the MMR vaccine, Oz reiterated that Trump supports parents having a choice. He added that the challenge is that