President Trump announced on Sept. 18, 2026 that his administration plans to recommend that certain childhood vaccines be split up into separate shots. The policy proposal is apparently a follow-up to an Executive Order the President signed on Aug. 10 that calls for recommending the number of diseases for which children should be vaccinated be reduced from 17 to 11, including measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, Haemophilus influenzae type B, pneumococcal disease, human papillomavirus, and varicella.1 2 3 Trump said:
Instead of a child going in and having a tremendous amount of different vaccines pumped into a big proportion of the body … we’re going to recommend that they do five doses marked one, two, three, four, five and that they be given in six-month intervals, so that a small amount of the vaccine gets pumped into the body.1 2
MMR Could Be First to Be Targeted
A likely combination vaccine that could be separated into individual shots would be the live attenuated MMR vaccine, a three and four-vaccine combo shot in the form of the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) and MMRV (measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella) vaccines.
Last month’s Executive Order actually specified that the MMR vaccine be broken up and be administered as separate shots. The MMR, either Merck’s M-M-R II product or GSK’s Priorix, are recommended for children 12-15 months old (first dose) and 4-6 years old (second dose). Breaking up the vaccine would mean giving three shots (one each for measles, mumps, and rubella) instead of one combo shot for the first dose and three shots again instead of the combination MMR shot for the second dose.3 4
There is another combo shot on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) childhood vaccination schedule—the DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis). There are two DTaP combo vaccines licensed in the United States—Sanofi Pasteur’s Daptacel and GSK’s Infanrix. The DTaP shot is recommended to be given five times. The first shot at two months of age, the second at four months, the third at six months, the fourth between 15 and18 months, and the fifth between 4 and 6 years. Breaking up the vaccine would mean, again, giving three shots (one each for diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis) instead of one combo shot for each of the five doses.5 6 7 8
There are five other combo vaccines licensed in the U.S. that include the DTaP—Kinrix, Quadracel, Pediarix, Pentacel, and Vaxelis. GSK’s Kinrix and Sanofi Pasteur’s Quadracel each add the inactivated poliovirus vaccine to make them four-vaccine combos. GSK’s Pediarix adds the hepatitis B and inactivated poliovirus vaccines, making it a five-vaccine combo. Sanofi Pasteur’s Pentacel adds the inactivated poliovirus and Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines for another five-vaccine combo. Lastly, Merck/Sanofi Pasteur’s Vaxelis adds the inactivated poliovirus, hepatitis B, and Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines for a whopping six-vaccine combo.9
There is also the Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis) vaccine), and one dose is recommended for children between 11-12 years old.10
Safety of Combo Vaccines a Concern
Combination vaccines, particularly the combination diptheria-tetanus-pertussis and measles-mumps-rubella vaccines, have been used for decades since the mid-20th century. If vaccine manufacturers agree to produce separate vaccines and the CDC officially recommends their use, this policy shift would represent a major reversal in the growing trend toward the development of continually more and more combo shots containing multiple vaccines.
An article by guest writer Sheri Marino republished in The Vaccine Reaction noted, “While the CDC suggests that combination vaccines are safe, research shows there are more adverse events, such as febrile seizures, with combination vaccines than there are for single vaccines.” Marino added, “Research published in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed a significantly elevated risk of febrile seizures 8 to 14 days after administration of the MMR vaccine.”11
Marino continued:
According to the CDC, pre-licensing data obtained from the Vaccine Safety Datalink, reveals the MMRV vaccine shows recipients were twice as likely to have febrile seizures than those injected with the MMR and Varicella vaccines separately. Another study conducted in Denmark published in the Journal of American Medical Association demonstrated that the 5 valent DTaP-IPV-HIB vaccine has been linked with increased febrile seizures.11
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Click here to view References:1 McPhillips D. Trump says some routine immunizations will be split into five separate shots. Vaccine experts say it won’t work. CNN Sept. 18, 2026.
2 Reuters. Trump says he will demand some childhood vaccines be split into five shots. Sept. 18, 2026.
3 TVR Staff. Presidential Executive Order on Childhood Vaccines and Autism Issued. The Vaccine Reaction Aug. 19, 2026.
4 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Measles Vaccination. Apr. 29, 2026.
5 CDC. Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule by Age (Addendum updated July 2, 2025).
6 CDC. DTaP (Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis) Vaccine VIS. Aug. 6, 2021.
7 U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Daptacel.
8 FDA. Infanrix.
9 FDA. Vaccines Licensed for Use in the United States. Aug. 6, 2026.
10 CDC. Diphtheria Vaccine Recommendations. July 31, 2026.
11 Marino SA. Combination Vaccines and Febrile Seizures: Should Parents be Concerned? The Vaccine Reaction Mar. 21, 2019.
12 Responses
I don’t have young kids but if I did as a holistic health coach who’s done the research I would not do it
It seems to me this is just spreading out the poisoning. We need to stop this unscientific, ideologically and financially driven cult like behaviour. No vaccine is safe, effective or necessary.
All vaccines are unavoidably unsafe. Avoid them all. Problem solved.
Agreed 100%. But it’s a great step for those parents that are fear based and wouldn’t dream of NOT vaccinating! The brainwashed Americans need baby steps until hopefully vaccines will become safer, and optional in every state!
Other countries already have single antigen vaccines for MMR. If their safety profile is solid, shouldn’t we consider using those vaccines instead of reinventing the wheel?
And, what about all the additional doses of dangerous adjuvants that would be injected with numerous individual shots?
Nowhere near to being good enough. Unless they are ALL made 100% voluntary, they remain a coerced crime against humanity.
Agreed.
Agreed
Up to about mid-90’s, used to be MMR was three separate shots with non-fetal cells. Then no option but MMR single with fetal cells. Bring back non-fetal cell options for those wanting the vaccines.
End abortion – so that the fetal cell lines are no longer available to be demanded in developing and producing vaxxes and other prescription, even otc therapies. We need better ethics. I have often wondered where the animal rights activists are – it’s hideous when you delve into all this and research what is done in this arena (pharmaceutical). No wonder our health is so poor.
before mmr, il required 1 mumps, + 1 rubella + 2 measles.
by breaking them up we can reduce, & choose.
So instead of one dose of aluminum, now kids can get three when they split up the MMR shot. The major problem of all these shots (besides them not working) is all the additives like preservatives, adjuvants and contaminants(like heavy metals found in virtually all the shots). So now they get three doses of poison. AND they made HPV shots, which were the shot causing the most injuries and deaths before the covid jabs, part of the 11 core shot recommendations. All in all, this is a horrible and pointless change. Avoiding these shots is the only recommendation any sane person would make.