Getting vaccinated may improve autism. This is a vague but very official theory shared this Thursday by the United States’ top health agency. A 180-degree ideological shift that directly models the conspiratorial thinking of Robert Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s more controversial Health Secretary.
In an update on its website late Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) dramatically changed its response to rumors surrounding a possible link between childhood vaccinations and the neurodevelopmental disorder autism spectrum.
To date, the American agency reminds that a number of studies have been carried out “shows that there is no link between vaccination and the development of autism spectrum disorders”a conclusion that is identical to the conclusion of the largest health and scientific body in America or globally such as WHO.
Not to mention the drastic revisions announced since Thursday morning. The text in question was reworked and much of its content replaced with elements of Robert Kennedy Jr.’s preferred language.
It has been years since the latter became a spokesperson for conspiracy theories about Covid-19, and eventually became America’s “anti-vaccine” anchor. Now, the agency, based on an order from the Ministry of Health, determined that the previous denial was invalid “not based on evidence” and even accused health authorities of ignoring research supporting the link.
A rewrite that ignores years of research that continues to show that there is no causal link between vaccinations and autism or other neurodevelopmental disorders. The false theory linking the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism originated from a bogus study published in 1998, since retracted, and the results repeatedly refuted by subsequent studies. However, this theory has progressed, until now it is being defended at the highest American summit.
This latest communication from the health body has sparked outrage among doctors and experts in the country. Faced with the outcry caused by this official rewrite, nursing and research associations as well as former employees from various CDCs denounced the lies shared by the agency. “Don’t trust this agency,” thus hammered
“More than 40 high quality studies” has been carried out since 1998 “from more than 5.6 million people”, Susan Kressly, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said in a statement. And to urge: “The conclusion is clear and unambiguous : there is no link between vaccines and autism. Anyone who repeats this dangerous myth is either misinformed or deliberately trying to mislead parents.
