Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016/Epidemic control

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See what Donald Trump and the Republican Platform said about epidemic control.

CANDIDATE SUMMARY

Trump deferred to Gov. Rick Scott (R) on how to handle the Zika virus outbreak in Florida.

Trump suggested a link between childhood vaccinations and autism.

Trump on epidemic control

Zika virus

• While campaigning in Florida on August 3, 2016, Donald Trump deferred to Florida Gov. Rick Scott when he was asked how he would handle the Zika virus outbreak. "I watch and I see and I see what they’re doing with the spraying and everything else. And I think he’s doing a fantastic job. And he’s letting everyone know exactly what the problem is and how to get rid of it. He’s going to have it under control. He probably already does," said Trump. Earlier in the day, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) had called on Trump to address the spread of the virus.

Vaccinations

• During the September 16, 2015, Republican debate, Trump suggested a link between vaccinations and autism. He said, "People that work for me, just the other day, two years old, beautiful child went to have the vaccine and came back and a week later, got a tremendous fever, got very, very sick, now is autistic.”

• On September 4, 2014, Trump tweeted, "I'm not against vaccinations for your children, I'm against them in 1 massive dose.Spread them out over a period of time & autism will drop!"

• On March 28, 2014, Trump tweeted, "Healthy young child goes to doctor, gets pumped with massive shot of many vaccines, doesn't feel good and changes - AUTISM. Many such cases!"

Ebola

• In October 2014, Trump posted messages on Twitter blaming President Obama for Ebola cases diagnosed in the United States.

• After the CDC confirmed that a patient in Texas who had traveled to Liberia had Ebola, Trump tweeted, "Ebola is much easier to transmit than the CDC and government representatives are admitting. Spreading all over Africa-and fast. Stop flights."

• After two Americans contracted Ebola while helping to treat patients in Liberia, Trump tweeted, "The U.S. cannot allow EBOLA infected people back. People that go to far away places to help out are great-but must suffer the consequences!"
• Read what other presidential candidates said about epidemic control.

The 2016 Republican Party Platform on epidemic control

“ Advancing Research and Development in Healthcare "American medicine is poised to enter a new era of technological advance. Federal and private investment in basic and applied biomedical research holds enormous promise, especially with diseases and disorders like autism, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s. Just as we today take for granted wonders that seemed impossible a few decades ago — MRIs and CAT scans, robotic surgery, and in utero treatment — patients a decade hence will have care and treatment that will make much of today’s medicine look primitive. Modern miracles involving genetics, the immune system, cures for deadly diseases, and more are in the research pipeline. This is the consequence of marrying significant investment, both public and private, with the world’s best talent, a formula that has for a century given the American people the world’s best healthcare. We are determined that it should continue to do so, especially as we confront new dangers like Ebola, Zika, Chikungunya, and antibiotic resistant pathogens. To continue our headway against breast and prostate cancer, diabetes, and other killers, research must consider the needs of formerly neglected demographic groups. We call for expanded support for the stem cell research that now offers the greatest hope for many afflictions — through adult stem cells, umbilical cord blood, and cells reprogrammed into pluripotent stem cells — without the destruction of embryonic human life. We urge a ban on human cloning for research or reproduction, and a ban on the creation of, or experimentation on, human embryos for research. We applaud Congress’ ban on the FDA approval of research involving three-parent embryos. We believe the FDA’s approval of Mifeprex, a dangerous abortifacient formerly known as RU-486, threatens women’s health, as does the agency’s endorsement of over-the-counter sales of powerful contraceptives without a physician’s recommendation. We support cutting federal and state funding for entities that endanger women’s health by performing abortions in a manner inconsistent with federal or state law." ” —2016 Republican Party Platform

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