Alleged test “just a lie”Health Secretary Kennedy personally changed the vaccination warning
Scientifically debunked for years, the US health authority website states that vaccinations can cause autism. This caused outrage among scientists and associations. Now Health Secretary Kennedy and opponents of vaccination are also following suit.
The US health authority’s official CDC website recently suggested a possible link between vaccinations and autism. This thesis has been scientifically refuted for years. So far, the CDC website states there is “no link” between autism and vaccinations. However, the text of the information was changed on Thursday. Now they claim that these assumptions are “not based on evidence”.
US Health Secretary and anti-vaccine figure Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy explained in an interview with the New York Times that he personally initiated this change. Kennedy emphasized that he is not claiming that vaccinations cause autism. In fact, there is no definitive proof that they did not.
He admitted that there were many epidemiological studies regarding mumps and measles vaccines and had nothing to do with autism. Nevertheless, he pointed to the lack of research on the safety of vaccination in the first year of life. Kennedy described information from pharmaceutical companies and doctors that vaccines are tested for side effects before use as “outright lies.”
The Autism Foundation expressed its horror
The process of a health minister personally changing scientific recommendations is considered highly unusual. Over the years, information was changed only on the recommendation of scientists, which was criticized by former agency employees. It is rare for changes to be made directly for review by the Minister of Health.
The nonprofit Autism Science Foundation said it was shocked by the new content, which “has been altered and distorted and is now full of anti-vaccine rhetoric and lies about vaccinations and autism.” Misinformation can now be found on websites that contradict the “best available scientific knowledge.” “Science clearly shows that vaccinations do not cause autism,” he continued.
