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Donald Trump, former "presidential candidate," birther conspiracy theorist, and generally loathsome human being, has found a new way to be horrible:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/03/28/trump-weighs-in-on-vaccine-autism-controversy/

Donald Trump appears to be once again suggesting a link between vaccines and the rise in autism, a theory that's been debunked numerous times in recent years.

"If I were President I would push for proper vaccinations but would not allow one time massive shots that a small child cannot take – AUTISM," the business mogul and reality TV star wrote on Twitter Thursday evening.

Of course, in reality:

In a study published last year in the Journal of Pediatrics, researchers found no association between autism and the number of vaccines a child gets in one day or during the first two years of the current vaccine schedule.

And researchers have also identified at least 100 genes that put children at increased risk for autism. And just this week a study in the New England Journal of Medicine provided more evidence that when a child has autism, the disorder began to develop during pregnancy, long before any vaccines were given.

Personally, I can only regard this as a positive development. Trump is so universally loathed in the U.S. that his name can only help undermine the anti-vaccination bandwagon.

And then people might actually, y'know, protect their kids (and other people's kids!) against life-threatening diseases!

 

[kehs]

i just want him to open source whatever technology is behind his hair


spiderman would be proud

 

[Mully]

People were seriously considering him as a GOP candidate for a few months in 2011. What a world.

 

[JoeyJungle]

Somewhat related is this piece Buzzfeed ran a few weeks ago

36 Hours On The Fake Campaign Trail With Donald Trump

 

[finowns]

My old biology professor is flipping out right now.

 

[Chainsawkitten]

Trump yet again proving to be a clueless asshole. News at 11.

 

[Drakeon]

I honestly hope no one takes him seriously. He could be doing more damage by saying this. Incredibly reckless of him.

 

[Intheflorsh]

That definitely sounds like something he would do.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

I am really loving Trump's meteoric descent into lunacy.

 

[Prez]

Makes sense, this way he's able to appear to be concerned about others without having to invest money.

 

[Deleted member 13876]

"You know what world? I feel I haven't spread enough malice after all."

 

[OrlanisWorks]

I've always wanted a car to run him over. Preferrably driven by dog.

Still, he can't trump his own stupidity. He can't get lower in my view.

 

[FStop7]

With Jenny McCarthy and Donald Trump on your side how can your cause not be just?


giggle

 

[danwarb]

FFS Trump.

Jim Carrey pushing this nonsense was disappointing, as far as celebrity dunces go.

 

[rudieboy77]

Ug say science bad...

 

[Hazmat]

Assclown gonna assclown.

 

[Burt]

Dude is a master marketer. Well, not master, as it doesn't take a genius to appeal to the knuckle-draggers in society, but certainly well aware of how to capitalize on them from his position.

 

[siddhu33]

Maybe Donald Trump is actually really left-wing, but he's going super right to make them look stupid to the point of ridiculousness...like when he got into the birther stuff, people stopped saying birther stuff. Maybe he's doing the same for vaccinations?

Spoiler

Because he's the hero that America deserves, but not the one it needs right now...lol jk.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

Dude is a master marketer. Well, not master, as it doesn't take a genius to appeal to the knuckle-draggers in society, but certainly well aware of how to capitalize on them from his position.

If he were a master marketer he probably wouldn't have had to file for bankruptcy multiple times.

 

[siddhu33]

If he were a master marketer he probably wouldn't have had to file for bankruptcy multiple times.

How do you make a small fortune? Squander away a large one -Donald Trump's motto.

 

[Burt]

If he were a master marketer he probably wouldn't have had to file for bankruptcy multiple times.

Ha, several businesses of his have filed for bankruptcy, most likely in no small part due to extreme executive compensation, aka him paying himself. He's never personally had a money problem in his life. At least, not anything his wealth and history couldn't get him out of. Rich people "bankruptcy" and all.

 

[Tesseract]

trump needs to go away and fuck himself forever.

 

[Conciliator]

Of course he does, Trump is a completely unself-aware goofball.

 

[Strike]

Such an attention whore.

 

[Mutanthands]

Fuck. This vaccine-autism connection fallacy has got to stop. Fucking pertussis and measles should be done, not making a comeback. Fucking showboating asshole Trump.