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hlthe2b

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8. Yup... His autistic son was 18 when DeNiro revealed it in 2016 and DeNiro is 80 yo today...

Reply to Iris (Reply #6)

Tue Apr 16, 2024, 12:12 PM

Apr 2024

So, he'd had to have been at least mid 50s. So, not Tony Randall "old," but still at risk for that association.

(Paradoxically, though, the study you cited was in contradiction to previous studies--which sometimes occurs with a change of quantitative case definition as appears to have been true there)... But previous studies certainly have shown a paternal age correlation.

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I know Robert DeNiro was a little crazy regarding vaccines, but... [View all] Archae Apr 2024 OP

First I've heard of him being anti-vax underpants Apr 2024 #1

First I have heard of this. niyad Apr 2024 #2

I read about his anti-vax stance a few years ago in Rolling Stone. Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2024 #3

ah, thank you. I don't read it as much as I probably should. niyad Apr 2024 #4

Robert De Niro and RFK Jr. have joined forces to push vaccine nonsense (February 2017) Celerity Apr 2024 #7

I'd not heard that. I can give a little latitude for having an autistic kid, but I really have to think DeNiro hlthe2b Apr 2024 #5

Well, I'm sure his own research didn't lead him to the studies linking older fathers to autism in offspring Iris Apr 2024 #6

Yup... His autistic son was 18 when DeNiro revealed it in 2016 and DeNiro is 80 yo today... hlthe2b Apr 2024 #8

And he just recently welcomed another child! Iris Apr 2024 #16

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I hope your time here is short. Anti-vaxx hysteria is dangerous to public health. Aristus Apr 2024 #10

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What are they going to charge me with? Prevention of deadly diseases? Bring it on. Aristus Apr 2024 #12

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The posts have been removed, and the poster banned. Archae Apr 2024 #18

Oh, the usual horseshit. Aristus Apr 2024 #19

The anti-vaxxers should be banned from all medical facilities if they get covid. Archae Apr 2024 #20

That's funny. harumph Apr 2024 #21

Iris - Older fathers could have more chemicals in their bodies womanofthehills Apr 2024 #14

This is interesting. Thanks for sharing! Iris Apr 2024 #17

A relative of mine is one of the major public figures in the antivax... 3catwoman3 Apr 2024 #15