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CDC Modifies Position on Vaccines and Autism Under Kennedy's Leadership

By

bookofjoe

6mo ago· 6 min readenInsight

Summary

The article discusses how the CDC, under the direction of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has modified its longstanding position on vaccines and autism by adding a caveat that suggests the claim that vaccines don't cause autism is 'not an evidence-based claim.' This represents a significant shift in public health messaging and undermines established scientific consensus. The article appears to be critical of this decision and other recent public health policy changes as flu season approaches.

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Under the direction of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Services, a C.D.C. web page now contends that this is 'not an evidence-based claim'
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention caveated its long-standing position that vaccines do not cause autism
research linking vaccines to autism has been 'ignored by health authorities'
The fact that the original statement remains at all is due to an agreement with Senator Bill Cassidy
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Dhruv Khullar on the agency’s decision to caveat established policy on vaccines and autism, and other bad decisions on public health, as flu season sets in.

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