Report: White House drafting executive order linking vaccines and autism

报道：白宫正起草行政令，意图将疫苗与自闭症挂钩

The White House is drafting an executive order on the disproven link between vaccines and autism, according to independent reports from The Washington Post and Bloomberg, which both cited unnamed sources with knowledge of the efforts. 据《华盛顿邮报》和彭博社的独立报道，援引知情人士的消息称，白宫正在起草一份关于疫苗与自闭症之间所谓联系的行政令，尽管这一联系已被科学界证伪。

Bloomberg reported that the executive order, which is still taking shape and is subject to change, could be issued as soon as next week. The Post said the order’s drafting so far is aimed at the childhood vaccine schedule, autism research, and parental choice for vaccinations. 彭博社报道称，该行政令目前仍在制定中，内容可能会有所变动，最早可能于下周发布。《华盛顿邮报》指出，该行政令目前的草案主要针对儿童疫苗接种计划、自闭症研究以及疫苗接种的家长选择权。

Dozens of high-quality studies encompassing data from millions of children worldwide have already been carried out on the topic and have consistently found no link between childhood vaccines and autism. The claim of a link stems from an unethical, fraudulent study that was retracted years ago, and its author was stripped of his medical license. 针对这一课题，全球范围内已开展了数十项高质量研究，涵盖了数百万儿童的数据，结果始终表明儿童疫苗与自闭症之间不存在任何联系。这种联系的说法源于一项不道德的欺诈性研究，该研究多年前已被撤回，其作者也被吊销了行医执照。

Leading medical groups, scientists, and autism patient advocacy groups have strongly rejected any continued pursuit of the disproven link, seeing it as fearmongering and a waste of precious time and resources to find real causes and treatments. The majority of American voters also reject the claim, and promoting the false link has been deemed “politically risky” by analysts. 主流医学团体、科学家和自闭症患者权益组织强烈反对继续追究这一已被证伪的联系，认为这是在散布恐惧，并浪费了寻找真正病因和治疗方法的宝贵时间和资源。大多数美国选民也拒绝接受这一说法，分析人士认为，宣扬这种虚假联系在政治上具有“高风险”。

Still, for Trump, holding onto the debunked and dangerous claim appears to be a personal issue. Trump’s health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is an ardent anti-vaccine activist who has long promoted the false link while generally disparaging life-saving immunizations. But even Kennedy has recently shifted from publicly discussing vaccines, given the political peril. 尽管如此，对于特朗普而言，坚持这一已被驳斥且危险的说法似乎是一个个人问题。特朗普的卫生部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪（Robert F. Kennedy Jr.）是一位狂热的反疫苗活动家，长期以来一直宣扬这种虚假联系，并普遍贬低挽救生命的免疫接种。但考虑到政治风险，即便是肯尼迪最近也已不再公开讨论疫苗问题。

Recent reporting indicates that the White House’s continued effort to forge a false connection between vaccines and autism is coming from Trump directly. The octogenarian reportedly wants to be remembered as the president who cured autism and believes he can achieve that by scaling back vaccines, according to reporting by The Wall Street Journal. 近期报道显示，白宫持续试图建立疫苗与自闭症之间虚假联系的举动，直接源于特朗普本人。据《华尔街日报》报道，这位八旬老人希望被铭记为“治愈自闭症的总统”，并认为通过减少疫苗接种可以实现这一目标。

Given the push, Trump has reportedly chastised Kennedy on multiple occasions for not doing more on the issue. Kennedy confirmed the Journal’s reporting in a combative August 2 CNN interview. 鉴于这一推动力，据报道，特朗普曾多次因肯尼迪在此问题上做得不够而对其进行训斥。肯尼迪在8月2日接受CNN采访时，以充满火药味的态度证实了《华尔街日报》的报道。

As Trump and his administration continue to flout the science on vaccines, White House spokesman Kush Desai gave a statement to the Post claiming, once again, the administration would use “gold standard science” to ensure the US has the “best childhood vaccine schedule in the world.” In a Cabinet meeting last week, Trump asked Kennedy about progress on autism research, to which Kennedy replied, “We will have an answer for you.” 在特朗普及其政府继续无视疫苗科学的同时，白宫发言人库什·德赛（Kush Desai）向《华盛顿邮报》发表声明，再次声称政府将使用“黄金标准科学”来确保美国拥有“世界上最好的儿童疫苗接种计划”。在上周的内阁会议上，特朗普询问肯尼迪关于自闭症研究的进展，肯尼迪回答道：“我们会给您一个答案。”