The president reprises his COVID era, this time sharing unproven medical advice on autism Print | Front Page | Email this story To:From:Message:From (email):Message:WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump isn't a doctor. But he played one on TV Monday, offering copious amounts of unproven medical advice that he suggested -- often without providing evidence -- might help reduce autism rates. And you've got a vat of 80 different vaccines, I guess, 80 different blends, and they pump it in." "Cause when they, uh, talk about, you know, different results, different studies, I talk about a lot of common sense. Ahead of the autism event, Trump had suggested that his administration had discovered new medical links that would dramatically explain why its rates have risen.