Despite the imposition, those in the center have passionately and, until now, successfully advocated for the necessity of vaccinations. But Trump has joined in his vaccine skepticism with unexpected bedfellows like the Green Party's Jill Stein. The liberal environmental crusader Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a well-known "anti-vaxxer," informs us that Donald Trump will appoint him to lead a presidential commission on "vaccine safety and scientific integrity." And when a state senator in California drafted a bill requiring vaccinations for schoolchildren, the anti-vaxxers attempted to recall him. Creating such a panel on autism with a leading vaccine skeptic would do enormous damage, regardless of what the commission concludes.

Source: CNN January 12, 2017 23:10 UTC