Exclusive: US CDC plans study into vaccines and autism, sources say

[highplainsdem]

Source: Reuters

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning a large study into potential connections between vaccines and autism, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, despite extensive scientific research that has disproven or failed to find evidence of such links.

It is unclear whether U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who has long promoted anti-vaccine views, is involved in the planned CDC study or how it would be carried out. The CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services were not immediately available for comment.

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Autism diagnoses in the United States have increased significantly since 2000, intensifying public concern.

Many researchers attribute the rise in diagnoses to more widespread screening and the inclusion of a broader range of behaviors to describe the condition. But some public figures have popularized the idea that vaccines are to blame, an idea stemming from a since-debunked study from British researcher Andrew Wakefield in the late 1990s that connected a rise in autism diagnoses with widespread use of the MMR shot.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-cdc-plans-study-into-vaccines-autism-sources-say-2025-03-07/

[AmericaUnderSiege]

1. No. Lil Afterbirth is not an authority on medical science now.

Even if there were a reason to conduct such a study, its execution will be fucked into a cocked hat and worthless to science. These people are scum.

[rampartd]

26. i would not consider such a study, at this time, to be scientific.

hasn't this been repeatedly studied for decades?

[underpants]

2. It's surprising how unsurprising this BS is getting.

Great use of resources there worm boy.

[highplainsdem]

24. Honestly never imagined we'd have an administration quite this crazy/incompetent.

[Richard D]

3. Silly waste of money

[RobinA]

4. Hasn't This

been done about 80 times with the data always saying NO? Oh, wait, this one will have a different result.

[dweller]

5. Un-fn-believable

Of course BobKjr is involved in it





✌🏻

[LiberalArkie]

6. I wonder how many of us Aspie Boomers got the Autism from the Smallpox vaccine? It was the only one I remember getting

early on. Later on in elementary school we got the polio vaccine during the epidemic. Were those the ones our parents should have skipped?

[Scrivener7]

8. None. Vaccines don't cause ASD.

[LiberalArkie]

9. Well in essence it makes autism more visiable as we aren't being buried from polio or smallpox or what ever.

Me, I will take my Aspergers rather than smallpox or polio. I think most of us weirdos think that way.

[valleyrogue]

29. "Asperger" hasn't been a "thing" since 2013.

There is autism spectrum disorder, and that's it.

[LiberalArkie]

30. It is with a lot of us with Aspergers.

[Scrivener7]

7. OH, FOR FUCK'S SAKE!

Will it be better than the WHOLE POPULATION MULTI-YEAR LONGITUDINAL STUDIES done by Sweden and Finland and the UK?

[NotHardly]

10. Worm brains at it again. "I'm tired boss."

[hlthe2b]

11. Good gawd. Let's waste more research $$ on something that has been definitively proven untrue.

GD you, Bobby. Hell awaits as people die on your watch.

[JohnSJ]

12. f**k that Piece of garbage rfk JUNIOR. Those autism studies were already done and debunked, and this pissant has

nothing better to do than push his anti-science conspiracy bullshit.

[EarthFirst]

13. Suddenly there's research money available?

…and wouldn’t you know; they found an indisputable link despite decades of research to the contrary.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. No connection. Autism is increasing while vaccination is steady or declining. . . nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. Money spent on this study is not money spent studying childhood cancer. . . . . nt

[Aaeia]

16. CDC under Wormboy

And if the results come out confirming Wormboy's beliefs - could anyone possibly believe the results other than the magotheads?

[Bayard]

17. Do any of RFK jr's kids have autism?

After all, they have been vaccinated.

[nowforever]

19. Should be looking at

forever chemicals in our water, microplastics, endocrine disrupters in many everyday products (sunscreens) and pesticides in almost every vegetable and fruit.

[nowforever]

20. Should be looking at

forever chemicals in our water, microplastics, endocrine disrupters in many everyday products (sunscreens) and pesticides in almost every vegetable and fruit.

[sakabatou]

21. Didn't they already debunk this shit years ago?!

[ananda]

22. And three guesses as to what the results wiil show.

And we all know what is intended by this.

[WinstonSmith4740]

23. OK, don't claim to be an expert here.

But I have worked with autistic kids. It's wasn't my field of study in college (primarily because SPED programs didn't exist when I was in school), but I always loved working with those kids, and had the right "touch", according to colleagues who did have the credentials.

At any rate, raw numbers tell us that there is NO connection between the vaccines and the condition. First of all, as mentioned in other posts here, we are MUCH better at recognizing it. We understand it is a spectrum, going from that kid who is completely withdrawn into themselves and doesn't communicate, all the way to Asperger's, where the person tends to be extremely bright, but has trouble with social situations...think of Sheldon Cooper from Big Bang Theory. His character was, of course, an exaggeration...he could be mean...most Asperger's kids are not.

At any rate, the ratio of boys to girls who are on the spectrum is about 4:1. Since boys & girls are vaccinated at about the same rate, if there was a connection between the two things, that ratio would be a lot closer, and I just don't think that under diagnosis of girls would even that ratio out. In my classes, the boy/girl ratio was 8:1.

snip:
What Causes Autism?
Studies indicate the rate of autism is rising, but causes are not well-understood. Scientists have found rare gene changes, or mutations, as well as small common genetic variations in people with autism, implying a genetic component. Some factors that indicate genetic influences on the development and diagnosis with autism include:

A twin or sibling with autism
Older parents
Certain genetic conditions, such as Down, fragile X, and Rett syndromes
A growing area of research focuses on the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. For example, the impact of exposure to a harmful contaminant may be influenced by a pregnant person’s or fetus’ genetic background.. No link has been found between autism and vaccines, including those containing thimerosal, a mercury-based compound.

https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/conditions/autism

[valleyrogue]

25. The biggest reason there are more "cases" is because more and more children are being diagnosed as having autism.

In my view, there is an overdiagnosis of children with autism. I work with special education students, and there is a lot of overlap in characteristics between autism and other things.

The "increase" is almost entirely a result of more kids being diagnosed than in the past.

"Asperger syndrome" is not a "thing" anymore and hasn't been since 2013. It has been incorporated into autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

[Basso8vb]

27. Stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid

So fucking stupid

[LetMyPeopleVote]

28. This conspiracy theory has been studied and proven wrong

Bob aka RFK jr will not give up on his conspiracy theories

[miyazaki]

31. Just make Marjorie three names the head researcher and

they'll get the results they want.