Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) encouraged Americans to get vaccinated despite an update to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.

The CDC website’s new subject heading , “Vaccines do not cause autism,” was displayed this week, even though it is followed by the line, “The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.”

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At the time of the additional language, Cassidy, as a physician himself, made a veiled swipe at the update

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