- Title: Trump says he does not like mandates for vaccines
- Date: 16th December 2024
- Summary: PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (DECEMBER 16, 2024) (UNRESTRICTED POOL) VIEW OF REPORTERS / REPORTER ASKING QUESTION (English): “Thanks President Trump. What about the polio vaccines?” (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP, SAYING: “Well, I'm a big believer in it and I think everything should be looked at. But I'm a big believer in the polio vaccine. (Reporter heard off-camera saying: ‘Do you think..’) The Salk vaccine.” VIEW OF REPORTERS / REPORTER ASKING QUESTION (English): “Do you think schools should mandate vaccines? Do you think schools should mandate vaccines?” (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP, SAYING: “I don't like mandates. I'm not a big mandate person. So, you know, I was against mandates. Mostly Democrat governors did the mandates and they did a very poor thing. You know, In retrospect, they made a big mistake having to do with the education of children. Yeah, they lost like a year or two years of their lives. The mandate was a bad thing. I was against the mandate.” VIEW OF REPORTERS
- Embargoed: 30th December 2024 18:22
- Keywords: Donald Trump polio vaccines
- Location: PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES
- City: PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES
- Country: US
- Topics: North America,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001757616122024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday (December 16) he does not like mandates for vaccines but that he is a "big believer" in the polio vaccine.
At a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump said all vaccines should be looked at. Asked whether schools should mandate vaccines, he said he does not like mandates.
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