CDC in turmoil after agency backpedals on debunking vaccines-autism link
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised its website to contradict the long-settled scientific conclusion that vaccines do not cause autism, shocking career scientists, delighting anti-vaccine activists, drawing a rebuke from a key Republican senator and sparking an uproar among medical professionals and autism advocates who questioned whether the agencys credibility is now gone.
The agencys website on vaccines and autism, updated Wednesday, now makes several false claims about a connection, echoing rhetoric from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has a lengthy history of disparaging vaccines and linking them to autism.
Career scientists at the agency responsible for information about vaccine safety and autism had no prior knowledge about the changes to the website and were not consulted, according to five agency officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.
Before the Wednesday update, the CDC webpage stated that studies have shown that there is no link between vaccines and developing autism, and that no links have been found between any vaccine ingredients and the disorder, according to archived webpages.
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Trump and Bobby Brainworm want to kill us all.