Put a known science-denying anti-vaxxer in charge of the CDC, and surprise, you get a CDC that talks like an anti-vaxxer. The agency just rewrote its vaccine guidance to suggest long-debunked autism links are still on the table. Why? Because RFK Jr really wants it to be true.
The CDC's website, once unequivocal that studies show "no link" between childhood vaccines and autism, now carries a very different message.
The updated page says the statement "vaccines do not cause autism" is "not an evidence-based claim," falsely arguing that research has "not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines contribute to the development of autism."
It also incorrectly states that public health authorities have "ignored" studies pointing to a supposed connection. That framing mirrors arguments lon

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