"With ardent anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the country's top health official, a federal webpage that previously laid out the ample evidence refuting the misinformation that vaccines cause autism was abruptly replaced Wednesday with an anti-vaccine screed that promotes the false link. It's a move that is sure to be celebrated by Kennedy's fringe anti-vaccine followers, but will only sow more distrust, fear,"
"On the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website titled "Autism and Vaccines," the previous top "key point" accurately reported that: "Studies have shown that there is no link between receiving vaccines and developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD)." But, under Kennedy, the top "key point" is now the erroneous statement: "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.""
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an ardent anti-vaccine activist, became the country's top health official and a CDC webpage that previously presented extensive evidence refuting a vaccine-autism link was abruptly replaced with content promoting the false link. The CDC page formerly stated that studies show no link between vaccines and autism spectrum disorder. The new top “key point” asserts that the claim vaccines do not cause autism is not evidence-based because studies have not ruled out the possibility. The Department of Health and Human Services did not answer questions about the change. HHS said the CDC website is being updated to reflect “gold standard, evidence-based science.”
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