The nation’s reliance on the CDC as the “ultimate authority” has always left me with a nagging concern: What happens if the CDC gets taken over by those who do not understand science?
That question is no longer a hypothetical one. We are witnessing what happens. On Nov. 19, the CDC changed its statement about the relationship between vaccines and autism.
Which brings me to a second concern: What kind of evidence would Robert Kennedy Jr., in his capacity as HHS director, rely upon to make claims about a connection between them?
The “evidence” is nothing short of comical and nowhere in the realm of science.
Let’s start with one of the two statements on the “new” CDC website: “Studies supporting a link [between autism and vaccines] have been ignored by health authorities.”
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